The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Frontal QRS-T Angle in Pregnant Women Undergoing Cesarean Section with Spinal Anesthesia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Patient Selection
2.2. Anesthesia Management
2.3. Electrocardiographic Evaluation
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Result
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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BMI < 30 (n = 66) | BMI ≥ 30 (n = 24) | p | |
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Age | 27.1 ± 4.0 | 27.4 ± 4.9 | 0.802 a |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.1 ± 2.0 | 31.4 ± 1.5 | <0.001 a |
Gravida | 4 (3–5) | 4 (4–5) | 0.156 b |
Duration of operation, min. | 27.5 (25–30) | 27.5 (25–30) | 0.903 b |
Gestational week | 37 (36–38) | 38 (37–38) | 0.473 b |
Previous number of cesarian | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–2) | 0.672 b |
White blood cell (×103/μL) | 10.1 ± 2.4 | 9.1 ± 2.3 | 0.075 a |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.7 ± 1.3 | 10.9 ± 1.7 | 0.705 a |
BMI < 30 (n = 66) | BMI ≥ 30 (n = 24) | p | |
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Mean arterial pressure, mmHg Pre-operative 1st minute 5th minute 10th minute 20th minute Post-operative | 90.6 ± 13.6 86.7 ± 16.2 77.2 ± 14.2 77.2 ± 14.5 78.7 ± 14.8 80.3 ± 14.1 | 86.8 ± 16.2 84.0± 15.6 74.0 ± 16.9 74.87 ± 15.1 77.0 ± 13.9 77.3 ± 10.5 | 0.272 a 0.400 a 0.375 a 0.510 a 0.613 a 0.379 a |
p < 0.001 c | p < 0.001 c | ||
Heart rate, /min Pre-operative 1st minute 5th minute 10th minute 20th minute Post-operative | 100.1 ± 6.2 105.8 ± 10.9 105.4 ± 11.5 102.7 ± 10.6 100.3 ± 10.4 92.4 ± 6.3 | 101.9 ± 8.9 107.5 ± 12.7 105.2 ± 14.6 105.1 ± 14.2 104.4 ± 11.1 93.0 ± 6.4 | 0.280 a 0.547 a 0.938 a 0.400 a 0.124 a 0.737 a |
p < 0.001 c | p < 0.001 c |
BMI < 30 (n = 66) | BMI ≥ 30 (n = 24) | p | |
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QT, ms Pre-operative Post-operative | 358.8 ± 23.5 363.1 ± 25.7 | 355.6 ± 22.1 371.8 ± 32.9 | 0.583 a 0.467 a |
p = 0.057 d | p = 0.008 d | ||
QTc, ms Pre-operative Post-operative | 412.8 ± 16.3 415.9 ± 16.1 | 420.6 ± 13.3 431.7 ± 18.3 | 0.037 a <0.001 a |
p = 0.138 d | p = 0.010 d | ||
Frontal QRS-T angle (°) Pre-operative Post-operative | 16.0 (7.8–34.3) 21.0 (12.0–34.0) | 24.0 (20.0–41.5) 34.5 (19.5–50.0) | 0.045 b 0.007 b |
p = 0.056 e | p = 0.031 e |
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Tercan, M.; Bingol Tanriverdi, T.; Komurcu, N.; Esercan, A.; Kaya, A.; Ozyurt, E.; Tanriverdi, Z. The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Frontal QRS-T Angle in Pregnant Women Undergoing Cesarean Section with Spinal Anesthesia. Medicina 2024, 60, 1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60081277
Tercan M, Bingol Tanriverdi T, Komurcu N, Esercan A, Kaya A, Ozyurt E, Tanriverdi Z. The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Frontal QRS-T Angle in Pregnant Women Undergoing Cesarean Section with Spinal Anesthesia. Medicina. 2024; 60(8):1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60081277
Chicago/Turabian StyleTercan, Mehmet, Tugba Bingol Tanriverdi, Nurseda Komurcu, Alev Esercan, Ahmet Kaya, Erhan Ozyurt, and Zulkif Tanriverdi. 2024. "The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Frontal QRS-T Angle in Pregnant Women Undergoing Cesarean Section with Spinal Anesthesia" Medicina 60, no. 8: 1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60081277