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. 2020 Jul 1;2020(7):CD002251. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002251.pub4

Sahoo 2011.

Methods RCT
Participants 40 women undergoing caesarean section
Inclusion criteria: full‐term pregnant women of ASA grade I and II, posted for cesarean section
Exclusion criteria: not specified
Interventions Phenylephrine versus colloids (hydroxyethyl starch)
Group 1: women received phenylephrine at 60 µg/min for 2 min unless SBP was > 120% of baseline immediately after intrathecal injection
Group 2: women received rapid colloid infusion (12 mL/kg of hydroxyethyl starch 6%) immediately after intrathecal injection
Outcomes Maternal: blood pressure; fall in BP below 80% of baseline; umbilical artery pH
Neonatal: —
Notes Abstract only. Unclear if intervention is for treatment or prevention of hypotension – first author's institution contacted 26 June 2017, awaiting response