Erschienen in:
12.07.2017 | Editorials
Strategies for prevention of spinal-associated hypotension during Cesarean delivery: Are we paying attention?
verfasst von:
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, DA, EDRA, FRCA, Dolores M. McKeen, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 10/2017
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Excerpt
Cesarean delivery (CD) is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures, with operative delivery rates of 32% in North America. For decades, regional anesthesia (RA), when compared with general anesthesia (GA), has been acknowledged as the safer technique during pregnancy. The risk of death during CD under GA is consistently higher than the risk of death attributed to RA during CD. Failed intubation accounts for about two-thirds of GA-associated deaths.
1 Spinal anesthesia (SA) is currently the preferred anesthesia technique for the majority of CDs, both in North America and Europe.
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