Maternal death after intrapartum saline amnioinfusion - Report of two cases

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1331-1333

  Dorairajan, Gowri ^a,b   Soundararaghavan, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Type V/4 JIPMER Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM TRANSCERVICAL AMNIOINFUSION; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MECONIUM; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; AMNION; INJECTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 25144472761     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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