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Anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb01829.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 97, Issue 5, pages 420–424, May 1990
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How to Cite
MORGAN, B. M., MAGNI, V. and GOROSZENUIK, T. (1990), Anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 97: 420–424. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb01829.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 3 August 1989; Accepted 15 October 1989
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Summary. The Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in England and Wales 1982–84 (Department of Health 1989) recommends early involvement of the anaesthetist in women having emergency caesarean sections and the use of epidural anaesthesia in preference to general anaesthesia. In an observational prospective study the need for emergency abdominal delivery could be anticipated in 87% of 360 consecutive emergency caesarean sections. Early establishment of epidural analgesia allowed extension, to an appropriate level for the surgery, in 70%. The duty anaesthetist accompanying the obstetric team on three wardrounds a day could be forewarned of anticipated problems in most women who are eventually delivered abdominally.