Effect of Spinal and General Anesthesia on Infants APGAR with Elective

Use index newborn Apgar score assessment is useful and select the type of Analgesia safe, appropriate and affordable is important for the baby's mother.The effects of general and spinal anesthesia on Apgar score is controversial in different studies. Determine the effect of general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia for cesarean section was performed on newborn Apgar. This randomized clinical trial was performed in a blinded.200 Women candidates for elective caesarean section was performed in at Imam Sajjad Hospital randomly assigned to two groups, spinal or general anesthesia, and Apgar scores were recorded first and fifth minutes and twentieth. Spinal anesthesia was with lidocaine 5% and general anesthesia 2ml, 5mg / kg thiopental and 1.5 mg / kg escolin for induction and N20 and halothane for maintenance of anesthesia. Data obtained using the spss software was used T.test and chi-square analysis. The mean Apgar score at first and fifth minutes of general anesthesia was 8.1± 0.6 and 92.9 ± 25.0 and the spinal 9.01 ±0.2 and 9. 92 ±0. 33. Was report That statistically, significant differences between the two groups is the first minute Apgar score (p >0/05 (and were not similar at other times. Apgar first minute Infants of mothers who received spinal anesthesia was higher in infants whose mothers had received general anesthesia. Recommended elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia should be used more.