Maternal death analysis from the Japanese autopsy registry for recent 16 years: Significance of amniotic fluid embolism

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Kanayama, Naohiro ^a   Inori, Junko ^b   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^b   Takeuchi, Makoto ^c   Nakayama, Masahiro ^d   Kimura, Satoshi ^a   Matsuda, Yoshio ^e   Yoshimatsu, Jun ^b   Ikeda, Tomoaki ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; DIC; Japanese autopsy registry; Maternal death; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Uterine atony

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; LACERATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 78651240843     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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