Editor's Choice Articles
Rescue supraglottic airway devices at caesarean delivery: What are the options to consider?
The rate of caesarean delivery (CD) has tripled in the last three decades.1 Most CDs are performed under regional anaesthesia because of its various advantages: better parental experience associated with the delivery; avoidance of exposure to general anaesthetic agents that have a risk of causing anaphylaxis and uterine atony; avoidance of intra-operative awareness; and reduced mortality.2 Importantly, regional anaesthesia avoids or minimizes the risks of airway management and its associated complications such as failed intubation, oesophageal intubation and aspiration.Reducing post-caesarean delivery surgical site infections: a narrative review
Infectious complications following labour and delivery are common and can be caused by infection of a surgical incision, endometritis, mastitis, urinary tract infection, pneumonia or drug-induced high temperatures.1 The frequency of infectious complications depends on the mode of delivery, with surgical incision infection most common following caesarean delivery and mastitis most common following vaginal delivery.2 The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide definitions of surgical site infection (SSI) for a wide range of procedures.
