A 29-year-old woman presenting for urgent cesarean hysterectomy: a multidisciplinary care challenge

Abstract

This case describes a patient who needed an urgent cesarean hysterectomy for new-onset fetal heart rate abnormalities and preexisting placenta accreta spectrum. Rapid assembly of a multidisciplinary team consisting of obstetrics, anesthesiology, neonatology, and nursing contributed to a favorable clinical outcome.

Keywords:

• Hysterectomy
• patient care team
• placenta accreta

Disclosure statement/Funding

The authors report no external funding or conflicts of interest. The patient provided a written release of medical information.