Anaesthesia
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Anaesthesia
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Cardiac arrest due to electrocution occurred in a young obstetric patient undergoing laparotomy. The patient subsequently died despite initial resuscitation. The cause was traced to an inappropriate and faulty switch in the base of the operating table; the circuit was completed by the ECG monitor which was of the direct earth type.
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Three patients showing the typical features of amniotic fluid embolism are described. Two survived the insult, while in the third the diagnosis was confirmed by post-mortem histological examination of the lungs.