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Amniotic fluid embolism

Critical Care Medicine, 2005
Amniotic fluid embolism is a catastrophic syndrome that occurs during pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. Multiple case reports have described the clinical findings and have reported variable success with supportive care. There has been discrepancy with respect to the incidence and mortality of amniotic fluid embolism.
Jason, Moore, Marie R, Baldisseri
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2007
Amniotic fluid embolism is a catastrophic syndrome occurring during labor and delivery or immediately postpartum. Although presenting symptoms may vary, common clinical features include shortness of breath, altered mental status followed by sudden cardiovascular collapse, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and maternal death.
Irene, Stafford, Jeanne, Sheffield
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Amniotic fluid embolism

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2004
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) (also known as anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy)is a catastrophic condition that occurs during pregnancy or shortly after delivery. It is found throughout the world in developed and undeveloped countries and occurs at an incidence of between 1 in 80000 live births. In the United States, AFE occurs in 1 in 20000 to 80000
Imran, Aurangzeb   +2 more
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism

MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 2017
Abstract Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but serious and potentially deadly complication of pregnancy that is unpreventable and unpredictable. Most AFE events occur during labor; however, approximately one third happen during the immediate postpartum period.
Courtney Stanley, Sundin   +1 more
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Amniotic fluid embolism

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986
A critical review of animal and human data leads to a reassessment of traditional concepts of amniotic fluid embolism. Left ventricular failure, rather than pulmonary hypertension, is the major hemodynamic derangement consistently seen in humans. The detection of squamous cells in the pulmonary artery blood of pregnant women is not pathognomonic for ...
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Amniotic fluid creatinine

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1967
Abstract Creatinine concentration in the amniotic fluid during the latter half of pregnancy was investigated by single determinations in 120 patients and serial determinations in 10 patients. Concentration of creatinine remained constant or increased very gradually up to approximately 34 weeks, at which point a more abrupt increase apparently took ...
R M, Pitkin, S J, Zwirek
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Amniotic fluid embolism

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003
To review the recent literature on amniotic fluid embolism and how it may influence the clinical management and further study of the condition. Morbidity and mortality from amniotic fluid embolism in the international context will be described, given the recent Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom and other studies.
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996
AFE, although rare, remains a significant cause of maternal mortality. Even with improvements in supportive care, the prognosis remains poor for mother and fetus. The guidelines presented may help the physician to recognize this condition when it occurs and give some direction for therapy.
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AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1992
Amniotic fluid embolism is the most unpredictable and catastrophic complication of pregnancy, accounting for 10% to 20% of maternal deaths. The pulmonary edema commonly seen in this syndrome is probably due primarily to alveolar capillary leakage and may be potentiated by high maternal extracellular volume, low colloid osmotic pressure, and, in some ...
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