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Case Reports
. 2001 Apr;36(4):247-9.
doi: 10.1055/s-2001-12749.

[Amniotic fluid embolism as an obstetric emergency--description of the syndrome and a case with fatal outcome]

[Article in German]
B Gürke  1 , D H Bremerich, K Engels, A Ahr, M Kaufmann
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Case Reports

[Amniotic fluid embolism as an obstetric emergency--description of the syndrome and a case with fatal outcome]

[Article in German]
B Gürke et al. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2001 Apr.

Abstract

Amnotic fluid embolism is an incompletely understood obstetric emergency presenting with the acute onset of hypoxia, hypotension and severe coagulopathy. Up to 86% of the cases are fatal, maternal death occurs within the first hour of symptom onset in 50% of the patients. This report describes the case of a 29-year-old, HIV-positive patient undergoing elective cesarean section who died despite immediate onset of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The epidemiology of amniotic fluid embolism, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, pathology and possible treatment are discussed.

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