Open AccessMaternal Collapse during Caesarean Section: Two Case Reports
Author(s) -
Ritu Pradhan,
Tara Gurung,
Sangeeta Shrestha,
Ujjwol Basnet,
Kiran Sharma,
Amirbabu Shrestha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nepal journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-9623
pISSN - 1999-8546
DOI - 10.3126/njog.v11i1.16293
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , resuscitation , complication , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology
Obstetric haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal collapse in our part of the world. That can result in cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest during caesarean section is a rare complication which is challenging to both the anaesthesiologists and the obstetricians. Here we are reporting two case series of cardiac arrest during caesarean section following delivery of baby due to haemorrhage. Both the cases revived after prompt and active resuscitation followed by massive blood transfusion.