Emergency cesarean section in pregnant trauma patients presenting after motor vehicle collision
The national rate of ECS among PTPs presenting after MVC is 8 % with most occurring within the first 2 hours of arrival. Severe head and abdominal injuries as well as elevated SI are risk factors for ECS.
Authors
- Lourdes Swentek
- Jennifer Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-9913)
- Robert E. Bristow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2670-2540)
- M. Hough
- Areg Grigorian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-796X)
- Jeffrey Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7345-3535)
- Jeffry T. Nahmias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-571X)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38707
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71