Phenylephrine for the management of hypotension during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section delivery

To evaluate the efficacy of intravenous phenylephrine for the control of spinal anesthesia induced intra- operative hypotension in C- section and its side effects. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 322 women with indications of spinal anesthesia for C- section received IV phenylephrine (50-100 µg) titrated to maintain maternal systolic BP at near-baseline values.