We describe the successful resuscitation of a parturient who developed cardiovascular collapse immediately after cesarean delivery most likely due to amniotic fluid embolism, based on the clinical presentation and later confirmed by exclusion. Aggressive therapy was instituted right away including early administration of vasopressin. Care continued in a critical care setting and she recovered c...

if all pregnant women worry about their fetus, worries of pregnant nurses are more serious and actual. which groups of women have more chance about hydatidform mole, amniotic fluid embolism or sheehan’s syndrome? fortunately, these complicated problems are very rare but what about daily injuries due to infectious diseases, radioactive substances, anticancer drugs and other chemical substances? ...

extract: although all pregnant women are worry about their fetus, it is more serious in pregnant nurses. we are not talking about hydatidform mole, amniotic fluid embolism, and sheehans syndrome. fortunately these disorders are rare. instead what are serious for a pregnant nurse are infection diseases, radioactive materials, anticancer agents, and other chemicals. meanwhile when a nurse remove ...

Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare, unpredictable and often catastrophic obstetric complication that usually occurs during labor or caesarean section. The pathogenetic mechanism has not been fully elucidated to date. believed happen due an anaphylactic reaction embryonic antigens enter the mother's circulation trigger variety of immune processes produce anaphylactic-like response. diagnosis rema...

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare and often fatal complication that occurs in the peripartum period. We present a patient with an AFE who developed disseminated intravascular coagulation and cardiovascular collapse who may have benefitted from intravascular lipid emulsion rescue. This is the first published case in which lipid emulsion was a part of the successful treatment of AFE.

Hypofibrinogenemia is rare in pulmonary thromboembolism. A pregnant woman with dyspnea, abdominal pain, restlessness, agitation and protein S deficiency exhibited normal blood oxygenation and high D-dimer (370 μg/mL) and undetectable fibrinogen levels in the blood. The pathogenesis responsible for present findings may have some features similar to amniotic fluid embolism.

Conclusions Optimal cooperation between our tertiary facilities and non-teaching hospitals and clinics as well as the prehospital transport systems allows significant limitations in avoidable obstetric maternal morbidity and mortality. Cerebral hemorrhage and amniotic fluid embolism carry the heaviest toll in non-avoidable deaths. Authors’ details Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Anesthés...