Cardiac arrest in obstetric patients receiving anaesthetic care : results from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

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The 7th National Audit Project (NAP7) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists studied peri-operative cardiac arrest. Additional inclusion criteria for obstetric anaesthesia were: cardiac arrest associated with neuraxial block performed by an anaesthetist outside the operating theatre (labour epidural analgesia); and cardiac arrest associated with remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia. There were 28 cases of cardiac arrest in obstetric patients, representing 3% of all cardiac arrests reported to NAP7, giving an incidence of 7.9 per 100,000 (95%CI 5.4-11.4 per 100,000). Obstetric patients were approximately four times less likely to have a cardiac arrest during anaesthesia care than patients having non-obstetric surgery. The single leading cause of peri-operative cardiac arrest in obstetric patients was haemorrhage, with underestimated severity and inadequate early resuscitation being contributory factors. When taken together, anaesthetic causes, high neuraxial block and bradyarrhythmia associated with spinal anaesthesia were the leading causes overall. Two patients had a cardiac arrest related to labour neuraxial analgesia. There were no cardiac arrests related to failed airway management or remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Anaesthesia - 79(2024), 5 vom: 08. Apr., Seite 514-523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lucas, D N [VerfasserIn]
Kursumovic, E [VerfasserIn]
Cook, T M [VerfasserIn]
Kane, A D [VerfasserIn]
Armstrong, R A [VerfasserIn]
Plaat, F [VerfasserIn]
Soar, J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anaesthesia
Anesthetics
Cardiac arrest
Epidural analgesia
Journal Article
Obstetric
P10582JYYK
Remifentanil

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Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/anae.16204

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NLM367046172