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Nearly one in four cardiac arrests in pregnancy is due to anaesthesia, study finds

Nearly a quarter of cardiac arrests occurring in pregnancy are caused by complications of obstetric anaesthesia, a prospective study of UK data has shown.1

Cardiac arrest occurs in around one in 30 000 pregnancies but may be rising with the increasing age and morbidity of pregnant women in the UK. Researchers prospectively analysed data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System on all women who received basic life support in pregnancy from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2014.

The results, reported in the British Journal of …