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From the Journals

‘4-Minute Rule’ Guides Cesarean Timing

Physiologic mechanisms and team coordination inform management during maternal cardiac arrest

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  1. Relieves aortocaval compression to improve maternal resuscitation
  2. Initiate within 4 minutes of cardiac arrest (“4-minute rule”)
  3. Indicated at 20 weeks’ gestation or greater
  4. Perform immediately at bedside, not in the operating room
  5. Requires rapid, multidisciplinary team response

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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