Different outcome in two case reports of births showing symptoms of amniotic fluid embolism in the years 2002 and 2012 in the district hospital of Decin
Žáková, D.; Trudáková, L.; Farhat, F.S.; Kalixová, Ž.; Náhlík, I.; Rejholec, J.; Lejčková, R.; Bareš, S.; Hankeová-Bonhome, Z.; Reicho, R.; Paličková, J.; Ullrychova, J.
Ceska Gynekologie 80(4): 302-308
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1210-7832 PMID: 26265419 Document Number: 684844
This paper presents two case reports of amniotic fluid embolism quite identical in the onset of symptoms, 1,20 hr, respectively 1,40 hr after extraction of the fetus during delivery by caesarean section, both births were induced by prostaglandins. Both newborns were male. One patient died with autopsy providing evidence of massive pulmonary embolism, laboratory findings showed hemolysis. The second patient survived with neurological disorders, laboratory findings temporarily showed nonspecific antibodies. Both patients were subdued to hysterectomy, no trace of amniotic fluid components were found in the uterine vessels in either one of them.