Amniotic fluid embolism: An interdisciplinary challenge-Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment;Fruchtwasserembolie - Eine interdisziplinäre herausforderung: Epidemiologie, diagnostik und therapie

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 126-132

  Rath, Werner H ^a   Hofer, Stefan ^b   Sinicina, Inga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLACENTA PREVIA; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84899546727     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0126     Document Type: Review

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