Variability of Perfusion Index to Predict Hypotension

NCT06769750 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: APHP240165
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

About one-third of deliveries are performed by cesarean section, and this rate is increasing. The standard anesthetic technique for this procedure is spinal anesthesia (SA), which is associated with hypotension in nearly 70% of cases . The mechanism is a sympatholysis leading to a drop in systemic vascular resistance and cardiac output, which can be aggravated by relative hypovolemia. This hypotension is responsible for maternal dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, as well as fetal acidosis, and in extreme cases, fetal circulatory insufficiency. Currently, it is recommended to prevent post-spinal hypotension through a strategy combining co-loading with fluids and the administration of vasopressors in all patients. However, this non-individualized strategy is not always effective in preventing hypotension and may even be harmful to the mother in cases of excessive fluid administration. Current guidelines for perioperative fluid management in elective surgery advocate for an individualized approach based on preoperative assessment of preload dependence through cardiac output monitoring. Correcting this relative hypovolemia helps maintain an appropriate blood pressure for the patient's needs. In parturients, we have shown that evaluating preload dependence by measuring the variation in the time-velocity integral under the aorta (ΔTVI) using cardiac ultrasound before and after a passive leg raising test (PLR) can predict post-spinal hypotension with good sensitivity and specificity. We obtained comparable results using monitoring of the variation in stroke volume by the Clearsight™ system (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California, US), before and after PLR . However, these technologies have limitations: availability of equipment, cost, operator expertise, and patient echogenicity in the case of ultrasound. Using a non-invasive, simple, and accessible method for monitoring preload dependence that can be used by an untrained operator would help easily identify patients at higher risk for post-spinal hypotension, enabling individualized management. The main objective of our study is to evaluate the ability of ΔIPELJP to predict post-rachianesthesia hypotension in parturients scheduled for a cesarean section.

Conditions

Post-spinal Hypotension

Keywords

Spinal anesthesia; Scheduled caesarean section; Parturientes; Post-anaesthetic hypotension; Hypotension prediction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• ΔIPELJP

  This value will be calculated by subtracting the PI one minute after the passive leg lift from the resting value measured one minute before he passive leg lift was performed.

  at the time of cesarean section

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Incidence of hypotension after rachianesthesia

  At the time of cesarean delivery

• - The delta of PI between PI before spinal anaesthesia and minimum and maximum PI values after spinal anaesthesia and until delivery of the newborn,

  At the time of cesarean delivery

• The correlation between ΔIPELJP and ΔITVELJP

  Before spinal anaesthesia

• Relationship between basal PI and ΔIPELJP to individualize groups at risk of developing hypotension

  At the time of cesarean delivery

• Correlation between fetal pH value at cord and relationship with initial PI value, PI variation and ΔITVELJP

  At delivery

Study Arms (1)

passive leg-lift

EXPERIMENTAL

A transthoracic cardiac echocardiogram will be performed with measurement of the sub-aortic time-velocity integral, and the same measurement will be performed 1 min after a passive leg-lift to see if this maneuver significantly increases systolic ejection volume. The perfusion index (PI) value and arterial pressure will be measured at each of these manoeuvres. The same data will be collected one minute after return to the initial position. Thereafter, PI and arterial pressure will be recorded every two minutes until the newborn is delivered.

Other: leg-lift maneuver

Interventions

leg-lift maneuver OTHER

Patients will be monitored as usual using an SpO2 sensor placed on the index finger of the limb contralateral to the pressure cuff, giving the PI value, a tensiometer taking blood pressure (systolic, diastolic and mean) every 2 minutes, and an ECG. A transthoracic cardiac echocardiogram will be performed with measurement of the sub-aortic time-velocity integral, and the same measurement will be performed 1 min after a passive leg-lift to see if this maneuver significantly increases systolic ejection volume. The PI value and blood pressure will be measured at each of these maneuvers.

passive leg-lift

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 52 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Parturient women
• With a term of more than 34 weeks' amenorrhea (SA)
• Requiring a scheduled caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia at the maternity ward of the Hôpital Nord de Marseille (AP-HM).
• Patients affiliated to a Social Security System

You may not qualify if:

• Urgent caesarean section
• Contraindication to perimedullary anesthesia
• Clinical features likely to distort the plethysmographic signal: scleroderma, Raynaud's syndrome, nail pathology, etc.
• Presence of anti-hypertensive treatment
• Cardiac arrhythmia
• Anesthetist not trained in transthoracic cardiac echography
• Refusal to participate in the study
• Guardianship or curatorship, safeguard of justice
• Instable Perfusion Index Signal

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris: lead

Study Sites (2)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine, Hôpital Nord,

Marseille, Marseilles, 13000, France

Location

Hôpital Nord

Marseille, 13000, France

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Bruscagnin C, Shi R, Rosalba D, Fouque G, Hagry J, Lai C, Donadello K, Pham T, Teboul JL, Monnet X. Testing preload responsiveness by the tidal volume challenge assessed by the photoplethysmographic perfusion index. Crit Care. 2024 Sep 16;28(1):305. doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-05085-w.

  PMID: 39285430 BACKGROUND

• Duclos G, Granier S, Hili A, Blanc J, Einav S, Leone M, Zieleskiewicz L. Performance of non-invasive stroke volume variation during passive leg raising as a predictor of hypotension following induction of spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean delivery: a single cohort study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2022 May;50:103251. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2021.103251. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

  PMID: 35074676 BACKGROUND

• Duggappa DR, Lokesh M, Dixit A, Paul R, Raghavendra Rao RS, Prabha P. Perfusion index as a predictor of hypotension following spinal anaesthesia in lower segment caesarean section. Indian J Anaesth. 2017 Aug;61(8):649-654. doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_429_16.

  PMID: 28890560 BACKGROUND

• Beurton A, Gavelli F, Teboul JL, De Vita N, Monnet X. Changes in the Plethysmographic Perfusion Index During an End-Expiratory Occlusion Detect a Positive Passive Leg Raising Test. Crit Care Med. 2021 Feb 1;49(2):e151-e160. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004768.

  PMID: 33332814 BACKGROUND

• Toyama S, Kakumoto M, Morioka M, Matsuoka K, Omatsu H, Tagaito Y, Numai T, Shimoyama M. Perfusion index derived from a pulse oximeter can predict the incidence of hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean delivery. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Aug;111(2):235-41. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet058. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

  PMID: 23518802 BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2025
• First Posted: January 10, 2025
• Study Start: June 2, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2025
• Study Completion: December 15, 2025
• Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (2)