Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and adult respiratory distress syndrome: life-threatening complications of hysteroscopy.
A 23-year-old, healthy woman underwent hysteroscopy during which Hyskon solution was injected into the uterine cavity. Soon afterward she developed a bleeding coagulopathy followed by acute respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary edema, necessitating endotracheal intubation and artificial ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure. This rare complication of hysteroscopy was most probably due to the injection of Hyskon solution.
Department of Anesthesia, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
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D000328:Adult; D003911:Dextrans / Q000009:adverse effects; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*
D003911:Dextrans