Does the Mode of Anesthesia Affect the Feto-maternal Outcome in Category-1 Caesarean Section

Spinal anesthesia (SA) has become the standard technique in elective cesarean section (CS) as it results in less maternal and neonatal morbidity than general anesthesia (GA) (Grade-A recommendation, NICE). For women requiring emergency CS, rapid sequence general anesthesia (RSGA) is commonly used because this technique is faster to perform than SA. Though several randomized trials have compared the maternal and fetal outcome between these two anesthetic techniques, the studies with respect to category 1 CS (emergent conditions that hold immediate threat to life of the woman or fetus) are limited.