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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02314078

Acronym

Crash

Enrollment

390

Registered

2014-12-10

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

2013-12-01

Last updated

2026-08-06

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Conditions

Anaesthesia, Pregnancy

Keywords

Caesarean section, Emergency, Anaesthesia

Brief summary

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

Detailed description

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

21 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Category One Caesarean Section at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore between 2010 to 2013.

Exclusion criteria

* No specific

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Decision to delivery interval	1 hour	Decision for Caesarean section to delivery of foetus

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
General anaesthesia	1 hour	Rate of general anaesthesia
Neonatal outcome	1 hour	APGAR score and cord pH

Countries

Singapore

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORBan L Sng, FANZCA

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Outcome results