Blood glucose, insulin, antidiuretic hormone and renin activity response during caesarean section performed under general anaesthesia or epidural analgesia

Glucose loading caused a significant increase in insulin response (IRI) in patients undergoing caesarean section both under general anaesthesia and under epidural analgesia. After a fast intravenous glucose loading given just before the administration of epidural bupivacaine, similar but more variab...

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Published inActa anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Vol. 25; no. 5; p. 442
Main Authors Kanto, J, Viinamäki, O, Grönroos, M, Lammintausta, R, Liukko, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.10.1981
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia, Epidural
Anesthesia, General
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Blood Glucose - metabolism
Cesarean Section
Female
Humans
Insulin - blood
Pregnancy
Renin - blood
Time Factors
Vasopressins - blood
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Summary:Glucose loading caused a significant increase in insulin response (IRI) in patients undergoing caesarean section both under general anaesthesia and under epidural analgesia. After a fast intravenous glucose loading given just before the administration of epidural bupivacaine, similar but more variable serum immunoreactive insulin levels were found as compared with those determined after a slower intravenous glucose infusion in patients under general anaesthesia. Plasma renin activity values did not change significantly in either group, but, differing from general anaesthesia, antidiuretic hormone levels (ADH) increased significantly in patients under epidural analgesia. The changes in IRI and ADH response may be caused by a higher psychic stress reaction of the conscious patients during caesarean section under epidural analgesia.
ISSN:0001-5172
DOI:10.1111/j.1399-6576.1981.tb01683.x