Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Time from Regional Anesthesia Placement to Delivery for Cesarean Delivery.

Mauricio La Rosa-De Los RiosChasey OmereCamille WebbBrett GoldmanRachel LairdMary MunnGeorge R SaadeGayle Olson Koutrouvelis

Published in: American journal of perinatology (2019)

Our QI initiative significantly decreased the time from anesthesia placement to delivery of the fetus. Performing preoperative preparation activities, such as Foley's placement and shaving, after regional anesthesia for CD, increase the risk of fetal exposure to maternal hypotension. We evaluated the impact of a QI initiative on regional anesthesia placement to infant delivery time during CD.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
ultrasound guided
patient safety
patients undergoing
birth weight
high resolution