Case 40-2012: A 43-year-old woman with cardiorespiratory arrest after a cesarean section

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2528-2536

  Ecker, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Solt, Ken ^a,b   Fitzsimons, Michael G ^a,b   MacGillivray, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANGINA PECTORIS; APGAR SCORE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYANOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPARA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84871698336     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1201413     Document Type: Article

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