Helen,
Although I would agree that most emergency caesarean sections probably
occur during labour, you can have an emergency caesarean section outside
labour when the condition of the mother or fetus suddenly deteriorate and
delivery is expedited, but outside the normal planned elective
procedure. I can think back at cases of diabetic mothers or women
suffering from severe/fulminating pre-eclampsia.
Just a thought.
Marianne
At 12:32 15/06/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues
>I am a midwife researching women's experiences of emergency
>caesarean section. In the UK an emergency caesarean is broadly
>defined as one that was performed during labour / was not planned
>(although sub-categories are recommended when documenting the
>urgency of the procedure, described in recent guidance:
>www.nice.org.uk/CG013fullguidline).
>However, when reading the literature around emergency caesarean,
>it is clear that there are international differences regarding how this
>mode of delivery is defined. It would be really helpful if colleagues
>around the world could enlighten me in terms of how "emergency
>caesarean" is defined where you work. If you know of any literature
>that debates the definition, I would be really interested to have the
>reference.
>many thanks
>
>Helen Baston
>Lecturer/Researcher
>Mother & Infant Research Unit
>University of Leeds
>UK
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