This review outlines the multidisciplinary management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy, including necessary resuscitation adjustments and perimortem cesarean delivery.
Clinicians must prepare for rare peripartum arrest with pregnancy-adjusted resuscitation and multidisciplinary teams; leaves open prospective protocol validation.
Cardiopulmonary arrest, which is seemingly uncommon with an estimated incidence of 1 in 20,000 pregnant women, can occur at any time. Therefore, clinicians should be prepared to respond immediately. Maternal resuscitation is performed with only a few minor adjustments due to the anatomic and physiologic changes of pregnancy. Anesthesiologists, obstetricians and neonatologists should work as a team to ensure appropriate treatment of both mother and newborn. This review article will address the management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy and the use of perimortem cesarean delivery.
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