Emergency management of maternal cardiac arrest
CHEN Dun-jin
KE Cai-ping
Abstract：Maternal cardiac arrest is a rare complication in obstetrics.Although it has a low incidence rate,it is an important reason for seriously threatening the life safety of pregnant women and fetuses.The causes of maternal cardiac arrest include obstetric and nonobstetric factors.Resuscitation of maternal cardiac arrest is challenging and requires consideration of a range of pregnancy-related factors,including physiological changes of pregnant women during pregnancy,high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation,and the need for perimortem cesarean section.Resuscitation of pregnant patients presents unique challenges,and is the guideline for the standards that CPR and resuscitation strategies should follow,with a little modification.Multidisciplinary cooperation is essential to improving the success rate of rescue.This article reviews the key points of management and knowledge update of maternal cardiac arrest.
Keywords：maternal cardiac arrestperimortem cesarean sectioncardiopulmonary resuscitation
Publication Date：2025-06-02
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 609-613 )