TY - JOUR
AU - Grice, A. S.
AB -  Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow , Middlesex H A I 3UJ Table 1. 1995 Caesarean sections data, Northwick Park Hospital. Elective Emergency Urgent Total Traditional classifcation General anaesthesia Regional anaesthesia Total New classiJication 1 I6 404 520 General anaesthesia Regional anaesthesia Total categories are: Elective: Caesarean section performed at a time which is convenient to patient, medical and midwifery staff (e.g. breech presentation, previous Caesarean section). Urgent: Caesarean section which becomes necessary because of maternal or fetal compromise that is not deemed immediately life threatening (e.g. failure to progress, nonreassuring cardiotocograph trace). Emergency: Caesarean section which is immediately necessary because of maternal or fetal compromise that is considered life threatening to the mother and/or fetus (e.g. placental abruption, prolonged fetal bradycardia). In 1995 at Northwick Park Hospital there were 520 Caesarean section deliveries from a population of 3462 mothers, a rate of 15%. From Table 1 it is evident that 404 of these Caesarean sections (78%) were performed under regional anaesthesia and using the traditional classification already mentioned, this included 282 ‘emergencies’ (77% of all ‘emergencies’). This appears superficially reassuring, in keeping with the widely held view that avoidance of general anaesthesia is the most effective way to reduce 
TI - Mobile telephones and palmtop computers
JO - Anaesthesia
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07901.x
DA - 1996-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/mobile-telephones-and-palmtop-computers-irUp0DMGn3
SP - 792
VL - 51
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -