Regional Spinal Anesthesia for C-section and Postpartum Pomeroy. Administering a Local Anesthetic at a 60 Seconds Injection Rate

Resumen Objetivo. Describir si existe o no relacion entre la velocidad de aplicacion del anestesico en aneste-sia subaracnoidea y la presentacion de hipoten-sion y efectos colaterales en las pacientes progra-madas para cesarea y Pomeroy postparto. Metodos. Estudio observacional de serie de ca-sos, en el Instituto Materno Infantil-Hospital La Victoria. Se incluyo a 60 pacientes intervenidas por cesarea o Pomeroy postparto, y en quienes se midieron dos variables: la velocidad de apli-cacion de la anestesia subaracnoidea (menor o mayor a 60 segundos) y los efectos de dos mez-clas anestesicas (bupivacaina hiperbarica al 0,5 summaRy Objective. To identify any potential relationship between the rate of administration of the anes-thetic agent in the subarachnoid space and the development of hypotension and side effects in patients scheduled for C-section and postpartum Pomeroy. Methods. Observational case series study at the Instituto Materno Infantil-Hospital La Victoria. 60 patients who underwent a C-section procedure or a postpartum Pomeroy were included and two variables were measured: the rate of adminis-tration of the anesthetic agent in the subarach-noid space ( 60 seconds) and the effects