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Cardiac arrest in near‐term pregnancy
Author(s) -
LINDSAY S. L.,
HANSON G. C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb05171.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , caesarean section , anesthesia , term (time) , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Summary This case study emphasises the multiple factors that may be involved in the precipitation of electromechanical dissociation, which are compounded by additional problems that relate to pregnancy. It reinforces the value of the tracheal route for drug administration when a central vein is not cannulated and stresses the importance of posture and early consideration of Caesarean section in the pre‐term gravid patient who has sustained a cardiac arrest.