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Medicina (Buenos Aires)

Print version ISSN 0025-7680On-line version ISSN 1669-9106

Abstract

MALVINO, Eduardo; MCLOUGHLIN, Diego  and  MURYAN, Sergio. Amniotic fluid embolism: Diagnostic criteria in two fatal cases. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2008, vol.68, n.1, pp.59-61. ISSN 0025-7680.

Amniotic fluid embolism still remains an important cause of maternal mortality. We present information obtained by echocardiography and right cardiac catheterization of two patients who developed amniotic fluid embolism and died from shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation despite intensive medical treatment. Although the pathophysiology remains controversial, amniotic fluid embolism can be presumptively diagnosed and managed with hemodynamic values and echocardiography.

Keywords : Amniotic fluid embolism; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy.

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