Amniotic fluid embolism: A leading cause of maternal death yet still a medical conundrum

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-336

  McDonnell, N J ^a   Percival, V ^b   Paech, M J ^c  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Cardiac arrest; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Maternal morbidity; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BRADYKININ; COPROPORPHYRIN; CYTOKINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LEUKOTRIENE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOXANE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANAPHYLAXIS; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYOPRECIPITATE; CYANOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PUERPERIUM; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE ATONY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM; CARDIAC ARREST; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886096261     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: 15323374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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