Fluid timing during C-Section: new insights for preeclampsia care
NCT ID NCT05435573
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how giving IV fluids during a C-section affects heart function in women with preeclampsia. Researchers used ultrasound to measure heart output in 34 women. The goal was to better understand how to manage fluids safely in these patients.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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34 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pre-eclampsia * Age 18-45 years. * Singleton pregnancy scheduled for elective CS delivery under spinal anesthesia. * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA Ⅱ, Ⅲ). Exclusion Criteria: * Body mass index \< 18 or ≥40 kg/m² * Women presenting in labor * Current administration of vasoactive drugs including salbutamol and thyroxin. * Diabetes mellitus. * Hemoglobin \<10 g/dl. * Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or renal disease * Increased serum creatinine level ≥1.1 mg/dL. * Contraindications to spinal anesthesia:(increased intracranial pressure, coagulopathy, or local skin infection)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mansoura University-Emergency hospital-ICU
Al Mansurah, Mansoura, 35511, Egypt
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