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Case Reports
. 1996 Jan;52(1):67-9.
doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02535-9.

Maternal brain death during pregnancy

A Vives  1 , F Carmona, E Zabala, C Fernández, V Cararach, X Iglesias
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Case Reports

Maternal brain death during pregnancy

A Vives et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1996 Jan.

Abstract

A case of a 36-year-old woman diagnosed brain dead secondary to pneumococcal meningitis at 27 weeks of gestation is presented. In spite of aggressive therapy, supportive intensive care was possible for only 36 h. Signs of fetal distress appeared and a cesarean section was performed. The complexity of supportive care and its ethical implications are discussed.

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