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Expedited and Emergency Caesarean Delivery

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Caesarean delivery (CD) is a surgical procedure, which involves an incision through various layers of the abdominal wall and uterus to deliver the fetus.

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  1. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Priyanka Sara & Patrick O’ Brien

  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Pervez Sultan

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Roshan Fernando

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pervez Sultan

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK

    Sioned Phillips

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Sara, P., Brien, P.O., Sultan, P. (2022). Expedited and Emergency Caesarean Delivery. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_19

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