Intravenous ondansetron to prevent hypotension during cesarean section under spinal anaesthesia

• Main Authors: Anil Kumar Bhiwal (Author), Kunal Chauhan (Author), Savita Choudhary (Author), Heena A Bhatt (Author), Sunanda Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Spinal anesthesia for cesarean section (CS) is associated with common side effects like hypotension and bradycardia. Ondansetron, a 5HT3 receptor antagonist, inhibits Bezold-Jarish reflex and has been found to be effective for prevention of spinal-induced hypotension for elective cesarea...