Cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism following caesarean section. Successful resuscitation and pulmonary embolectomy

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-266

  Ilsaas, C ^a,b   Husby, P ^a   Koller, M E ^a   Segadal, L ^a   Holst Larsen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Haukeland Hospital ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Cardiac arrest; Cardiac massage; Critical illness polyneuropathy; Embolism; Heart; Liver injury; Obstetrical; Polyneuropathy; Post partum pulmonary embolism; Pulmonal embolectomy; Pulmonary; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HYPOVOLEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0031936046     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05120.x     Document Type: Article

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