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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Apr 2001
Case Reports[Amniotic fluid embolism as an obstetric emergency--description of the syndrome and a case with fatal outcome].
- B Gürke, D H Bremerich, K Engels, A Ahr, and M Kaufmann.
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main.
- Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2001 Apr 1;36(4):247-9.
AbstractAmnotic 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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