Amniotic fluid embolism: A plea for better brain protection

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-155

  Chanimov, Michael ^a,c   Ben Shlomo, Izhar ^b   Chayen, Benny ^b   Gurovich, Vliri ^b   Friedland, Mark ^a,c   Cohen, Mathias L ^a,c   Bahar, Murat ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAAYANEI HAYESHUA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Cardiopulmonary collapse; Disseminated consumptioncoagulopathy; Neurological damage; Recombinant activated factor VII

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; MANNITOL; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RECOMBINANT FVIIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRACHEOSTOMY; FOLLOW UP; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 42949097406     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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