Prospective 12 month study of 30 minute decision to delivery intervals for "emergency" caesarean section.

Clinical governance requires evidence based standards of clinical relevance to assess performance. The recommended interval between the decision to perform an “emergency” caesarean section and the procedure is 30 minutes 2 but there is little objective evidence to support this recommendation. We conducted a prospective 12 month study in a large consultant obstetric teaching unit to examine whether the time between the decision to perform a caesarean section to actual delivery affects the success of the delivery.