Resuscitative hysterotomy for maternal collapse in a triplet pregnancy

• Published in: BMJ case reports Vol. 13; no. 7; p. e235328
• Main Authors: Tambawala, Zenab Yusuf, Cherawala, Masuma, Maqbool, Sadia, Hamza, Lama Khalid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 06.07.2020; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Case report
• Subjects: Abdomen; Blood pressure; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Case reports; Cesarean Section; CPR; Eclampsia; Embolisms; Female; Glucose; Heart Arrest - diagnosis; Heart Arrest - etiology; Heart Arrest - therapy; Heart failure; Humans; Hypertension; Hypoxia; Hysterotomy; In vitro fertilization; Intensive care; Medical prognosis; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - etiology; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - therapy; Pregnancy, Triplet; Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson; Uterus; heart failure; pregnancy

We encountered a 47-year-old woman, at 35 weeks of gestation, carrying triplets, who attended the hospital with severe pre-eclampsia and at admission had eclamptic fit followed by cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started when she did not respond to initial measures; resuscitative hy...