Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
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Arch. Gynecol. Obstet. · Dec 2005
Crash emergency cesarean section: decision-to-delivery interval under 30 min and its effect on Apgar and umbilical artery pH.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of decision-to-delivery interval of crash emergency cesarean section on Apgar and umbilical artery pH in a level-3 university hospital. ⋯ The 30-min standard for the decision-to-delivery time interval set by Anglo-American countries may be a feasible guideline at least for level-3 hospitals. The 20-min interval set by the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics could not be achieved in all cases. The positive effect of very short intervals on neonatal outcome still needs to be proven.