Spinal anesthesia is still the gold standard anesthetic method for elective and urgent cesarean section, the post spinal hypotension remains the most frequent complication of this procedure and is still responsible of considerable maternel and fetal morbidity. It is recommanded to prevent this post spinal hypotension with fluid coloading and prophylactic vasopressors administration. The aim of this study is to compare the efficency and the safety of norepinephrin and ephedrin prophylactic administration to reduce the incidence of post spinal hypotension in cesarean section.
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Incidence of post spinal hypotension
Timeframe: during the first 20 minutes after spinal anesthesia