scholarly journals A Case Report of Cardio-Respiratory Arrest Suspected of Amniotic Fluid Embolism (Anaphylactoid Syndrome of Pregnancy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Mir Aboutalebi ◽  
Mohamad Amin Samet ◽  
Javad Amini Mahabadi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Nateghi ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Respiratory Arrest ◽  
Amniotic Fluid Embolism

scholarly journals Case report of amniotic fluid embolism coagulopathy following abortion; use of viscoelastic point-of-care analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halley P. Crissman ◽  
Charisse Loder ◽  
Carlo Pancaro ◽  
Jason Bell
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Healthy Woman ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Amniotic Fluid Embolism ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Induced Abortions ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Severe Coagulopathy

Abstract Background Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare, life threatening obstetric complication, often associated with severe coagulopathy. Induced abortions are extremely safe procedures however complications including AFE can occur. Case presentation A 29-year-old previously healthy woman, gravida 1 para 0, presented for a scheduled second trimester induced abortion via dilation and evacuation at 22-weeks gestation. The case was complicated by a suspected AFE with associated profound coagulopathy. Viscoelastic point-of-care coagulation analysis was used to successfully and swiftly guide management of her coagulopathy. Conclusion AFE can occur in the setting of induced abortion. This case report suggests viscoelastic point-of-care coagulation analyzers may aid in the management of pregnancy-related coagulopathy by providing faster coagulation assessment than laboratory testing, and facilitating timely, targeted management of coagulopathy.

scholarly journals A step-by-step diagnosis of exclusion in a twin pregnancy with acute respiratory failure due to non-fatal amniotic fluid embolism: a case report

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilios E. Papaioannou ◽  
Christos Dragoumanis ◽  
Vassiliki Theodorou ◽  
Dimitrios Konstantonis ◽  
Ioannis Pneumatikos
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Twin Pregnancy ◽  
Amniotic Fluid Embolism

scholarly journals Amniotic fluid embolism: Then and now

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Rafael ◽  
MD Benson
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
English Language ◽  
Amniotic Fluid Embolism ◽  
Pulmonary Vasculature ◽  
First Case

Background The first case report to describe amniotic fluid embolism that appeared in 1926 in Basil-Medico is translated from Portuguese to English. Case A patient with a dead fetus for several weeks, presented in labor and died suddenly with fetal squames evident in the maternal pulmonary vasculature at autopsy. Conclusion As can be seen from the translation, this case report is remarkably similar in many of its features to some of the eight patients described 15 years later in the first English language discussion of the disease by Steiner and Luschbaugh in JAMA. An enigma presented by this first case remains today: fetal material in the maternal pulmonary vasculature appears specific for amniotic fluid embolism at autopsy but not in living patients.

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