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Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) · Apr 1985
Case ReportsLife support for 10 weeks with successful fetal outcome after fatal maternal brain damage.
- J E Heikkinen, R I Rinne, S M Alahuhta, J A Lumme, M E Koivisto, P P Kirkinen, K A Sotaniemi, L S Nuutinen, and P A Järvinen.
- Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985 Apr 27;290(6477):1237-8.
AbstractA 31 year old woman in whom subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage occurred during the second trimester of pregnancy was sustained in intensive care with a respirator for 10 weeks. Computed tomography of the brain showed bilateral intraventricular haemorrhages. Because of drug resistant hypotonic episodes at 31 weeks' gestation caesarean section was performed, and a boy was delivered. The woman died of spontaneous cardiac arrest two days after caesarean section, and the boy showed normal development. Life support can be continued for several weeks in a modern intensive care unit after fatal insult to the brain even in a pregnant woman without affecting the fetus.
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