Pregnancy With Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: Case Report With Review of Literature.
acls
cardiac arrest
neonatal resuscitation
perimortem cesarean section
pregnancy
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Mar 2021
27 Mar 2021
Historique:
entrez:
30
4
2021
pubmed:
1
5
2021
medline:
1
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is an uncommon encounter, with the incidence being one in every 12,000 hospital admissions for delivery. Here we present, one such patient and our experience in managing the patient. A 23-year-old, third-trimester pregnant female presented with a history of polytrauma following a road traffic accident. On initial assessment, she was in cardiac arrest. We initiated high-quality cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as per advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) protocol. We also performed a perimortem cesarean section within four minutes of cardiac arrest. A male baby was delivered who did not have any signs of life. Neonatal resuscitation was initiated. However, both the mother and the child could not be revived. Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a unique scenario in resuscitation, and all emergency physicians should know the key highlights in managing such patients. We review some existing literature and pose some queries that are yet to be answered.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33927950
doi: 10.7759/cureus.14148
pmc: PMC8076102
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e14148Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, R et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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