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Modeling Encephalopathy of Prematurity Using Prenatal Hypoxia-ischemia with Intra-amniotic Lipopolysaccharide in Rats
Published on: November 20, 2015
[Amniotic fluid embolism direct cause of maternal death. Clinical case report]
Antonio Carrillo-Galindo1, Arturo Agustín Juárez-Azpilcueta, Humberto Cruz-Ortiz
1Unidad de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital General de México.
Abstract:
Embolic complications in pregnancy are not common, but require prompt attention due to their high mortality, with reports of numbers up to 80% in patients with presence of amniotic fluid embolism. Of the embolic complications, deep vein thrombosis is the most frequent and 15-24% of patients could present with amniotic fluid embolism. In the case of a 42-year-old female who had this syndrome, it was considered an obstetric catastrophe. A review of the world literature was carried out to report on the physiopathology of the case.
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