Clinical evaluation of anesthesia for cesarean section at tertiary medical center: retrospective study for 5 years (2009-2013)
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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: 49-54, 2016.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-32722
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cesarean section anesthesia requires adequate preparation because of maternal physiologic changes, a higher risk for massive maternal bleeding, neonatal considerations, and a higher frequency of emergency operations. Therefore, we retrospectively compared clinical outcomes of cesarean section patients between a high-risk group and non-high-risk group in order to improve anesthesia care.METHODS:
We reviewed medical records from cesarean section cases at our tertiary medical center for 5 years (2009-2013). Parameters included the anesthesia and operative time; estimated blood loss, fluid volume and blood products administered during surgery, additional administration of maternal uterotonic medications; as well as the birth weight, Apgar scores, number of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions, and stillbirth rates of the neonate.RESULTS:
The total number of delivery cases was 1935 during the 5 years, and the cesarean section cases accounted for 58.8% (1,138 cases). There were 735 emergency surgery cases (64.6%), and 813 (71.4%) patients were in the high-risk group. Estimated blood loss, fluid volume used, and the frequency and amount of blood transfusions were statistically higher in the high-risk group. Among 1,243 neonates, 918 (73.9%) were born from high-risk mothers. Neonatal birth weights and Apgar scores (1 and 5 minutes) from patients in the high-risk group were statistically lower than those in the non-high-risk group, and NICU admissions and stillbirths were statistically higher in the high-risk group.CONCLUSIONS:
Anesthesiologists should be aware of unfavorable clinical outcomes in high-risk cesarean section groups and carefully prepare for anesthesia care in these cases.
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Main subject:
Birth Weight
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Blood Transfusion
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Intensive Care, Neonatal
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Cesarean Section
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Medical Records
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Retrospective Studies
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Emergencies
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Stillbirth
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Operative Time
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Hemorrhage
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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