Audit of the Response Time of the Anaesthetic and Surgical Techniques for Crash Caesarean Section

KK Women's and Children's Hospital390 enrolled

Overview

A decision-to-delivery interval of 30 minutes for category-1 Caesarean section deliveries is the standard of practice recommended by clinical guidelines.

Our institution established a protocol for category-1 ('crash') CS to expedite deliveries. This retrospective audit evaluated all women who underwent category-1 CS in KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 2010 to 2013.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

390

Conditions

Pregnancy Anaesthesia

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Category One Caesarean Section at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore between 2010 to 2013. Exclusion Criteria: * No specific exclusion criteria, retrospective audit

Locations (1)

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Singapore, Singapore

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Decision to delivery interval

Decision for Caesarean section to delivery of foetus

Time frame: 1 hour

Secondary Outcomes

General anaesthesia

Rate of general anaesthesia

Time frame: 1 hour

Neonatal outcome

APGAR score and cord pH

Time frame: 1 hour

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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