Percentage of cesarean delivery cases where general anesthesia was used
General anesthesia is used in roughly 5% of elective cesarean deliveries and 14-20% of emergent cesarean deliveries.1,2 Mothers who receive neuraxial anesthesia report less pain on the day of surgery, show less gastrointestinal stasis, fevers, and coughing on post op day 2, and show earlier mobility and breastfeeding onset than those who receive general anesthesia.3 Mothers who receive general anesthesia during cesarean delivery may also be at increased risk of severe postpartum depression as compared to those who receive neuraxial anesthesia.4
Anesthesia Start to Anesthesia End
Cesarean delivery completed without use of general anesthesia
Measure Start Time: Anesthesia Start
Measure End Time: Anesthesia End
N/A
N/A - Departmental only
Date Reviewed | Reviewer | Institution | Summary | QC Vote |
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Date | Criteria | Revision |
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06/09/2021 | Exclusion | Added check for Conversion (Cesarean Hysterectomy portion) as determined by the obstetric anesthesia type phenotype |