title: Unsafe abortion: Addressing the anaesthetic confronts.
abstract: Unsafe abortion has a global incidence of about 20 million cases annually, out of which 97% cases are reported from developing nations. There are many reports showing the occurrence of bowel or uterine perforation in such instances, but most of them have concentrated upon surgical or obstetric complications. We report a case of unsafe abortion with ruptured uterus, intra-abdominal foetus, and bowel infarction that developed intraoperative cardiac arrest during the emergency laparotomy. This case highlights anaesthetic challenges in managing such critically ill-patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Jayati
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nath
keywords: Bowel perforation; cardiac arrest; emergency laparotomy; ruptured uterus