Amniotic fluid embolism: A cause of suddden maternal death and police inquest

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Sisodia, Shantilal Mohanlalji ^a   Bendale, Kiran Arun ^a   Khan, Wasif Ali Zafar Ali ^a  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid embolism; lung histopathology; medical negligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84870373569     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31825fb201     Document Type: Article

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