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Gac Med Mex 2003; 139 (6)

Amniotic Fluid Embolism as Direct Cause of Maternal Death. Clinical Case Report

Carrillo-Galindo A,Juárez-Azpilcueta AA, Cruz-Ortiz H

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 607-609
PDF size: 286.67 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Embolic complications in pregnancy are not common, but require promot attention, due to their high mortality, with reports of numbers up to 80 % in patients with presence of amniotic fluid embolism. From the embolic complications, deep vein thrombosis is the most frequent and 15-24 % of-patients could present with amniotic fluid embolism. In the case of a 42-year-old female who had this syndrome, considered an obstetric catastrophe. A review of the world literature was carried out to repot on the physiophatology of the case.


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