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This is the first published recommendation for perimortem cesarean sections in maternal cardiac arrest – from Katz, Dotters and Droegemueller (1986).
It was this recommendation that lead to the ‘4 minute rule’ for deciding to commence a CS in a resuscitation scenario, with the aim of delivering the baby within 5 minutes.
summary- V L Katz, D J Dotters, and W Droegemueller.
- Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Oct 1;68(4):571-6.
AbstractPostmortem cesarean delivery is an operation that has been practiced since antiquity. In previous centuries low infant survival rates led to negative opinions regarding the operation's usefulness. A review of the past centuries' cases and a review of fetal physiology suggest that to obtain optimum infant survival, cesarean delivery should be initiated within four minutes of maternal cardiac arrest. The physiology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during pregnancy is analyzed, and recent cases of maternal cardiac arrest with successful maternal resuscitation are reviewed. This data suggests that perimortem cesarean delivery initiated within four minutes of maternal cardiac arrest will yield the highest rates of maternal survival. Legal liability from the operation is minimal.
This article appears in the collection: The evidence for perimortem caesarean section.
Notes
This is the first published recommendation for perimortem cesarean sections in maternal cardiac arrest – from Katz, Dotters and Droegemueller (1986).
It was this recommendation that lead to the ‘4 minute rule’ for deciding to commence a CS in a resuscitation scenario, with the aim of delivering the baby within 5 minutes.
Daniel Jolley
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