ArticleJournal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology
Evaluation of decision-to-delivery interval in emergency cesarean section: A 1-year prospective audit in a tertiary care hospital.
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- Decision-to-delivery interval and neonatal outcomes for category-1 caesarean sections during the COVID-19 pandemic.Anaesthesia · 2021Observational
- Evaluation of decision to delivery time interval and its effect on feto-maternal outcomes and associated factors in category-1 emergency caesarean section deliveries: prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Observational
- Magnitude and trends in socio-economic and geographic inequality in access to birth by cesarean section in Tanzania: evidence from five rounds of Tanzania demographic and health surveys (1996-2015).Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) committee on professional standards and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines suggest that decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) and emergency cesarean section (CS) should not be more than 30 min, and a delay of more than75 min in the presence of maternal or fetal compromise can lead to poor outcome. This prospective 1-year study was conducted on emergency CS in a tertiary care hospital to evaluate the DDI, factors affecting it and to analyze their effects on maternal and neonatal outcome. MATERIAL AND
methodsA structured proforma was used to analyze the data from all women undergoing emergency CS, during a 1-year period, included in Category 1 and 2 of NICE guidelines for CS.
resultsA total of 453 emergency CSs were evaluated, with a mean DDI of 36.3 ± 17.2 min for Category 1 CS and 38.1 ± 17.7 min for Category 2 CS (
conclusionFailure to meet the current recommendations was associated with adverse maternal outcomes, but not with adverse neonatal outcome.
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