General Anesthesia Increases Adverse Outcomes in Urgent Cesarean Delivery
CME
Released: 07/05/2012; Valid for credit through 07/05/2013
GA: General Anesthesia
RA: Regional Anesthesia
Babies
exposed to GA during urgent delivery by cesarean delivery are more likely to
experience adverse outcomes than those exposed only to RA, according to a study
published
online June 8 in
the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Past
studies have indicated that RA is safer for the mother than GA, but
anesthesiologists must consider the benefit of GA in shortening labor, the
authors write. This study indicates that RA is associated with better outcomes
for the neonate, and therefore may be less risky than GA for this reason.
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