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    Cesarean Section, Emergency

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    Basics

    ALERT
    • The sole indication for ED physician to perform emergency perimortem cesarean section is a gravid female (>24 wk gestation) in cardiopulmonary arrest who has not responded to initial resuscitative measures, regardless of cause
    • The most important predictor of fetal survival is length of time between maternal cardiac arrest and cesarean delivery:
      • Cesarean section should begin within 4 min of maternal arrest
      • Goal is delivering fetus within 1 min
    • Obtain immediate consultations from obstetrics, pediatrics (and surgery, if trauma related):
      • Do not defer or delay performing procedure until arrival of consultants
    • Do not perform emergent cesarean section if patient is <24 wk gestation

    Etiology

    • Trauma (penetrating or blunt):
      • Major cause of maternal mortality
    • Pulmonary embolus:
      • Thromboembolism is most common cause of nontraumatic maternal mortality
    • Cerebral vascular accident
    • Amniotic fluid embolism
    • DIC
    • Placenta previa
    • Eclampsia
    • Miscellaneous medical disorders:
      • Asthma
      • CHF
      • MI
      • Drug overdose

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