A Case of Perimortem Caesarean Section

Shagufta Parveen; Saad Waqar

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v76i6.13114

Authors

Shagufta Parveen Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Combined Military Hospital Sialkot/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Saad Waqar Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Sialkot/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v76i6.13114

Keywords:

Cardiovascular; Pregnancy-Related Death, Heart Arrest; Pregnancy Complications, Maternal Mortality

Abstract

Cardiac arrest after collapse in pregnant women is an uncommon condition with devastating feto-maternal outcome. We present the case of a 32 week gravid woman who had a cardiac arrest at emergency reception. The aim is to share a daunting experience of maternal cardiac arrest followed by perimortem Caesarean section (PMCS).

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