title: Severe maternal morbidity and fetal mortality caused by a diagnostic Swan-Ganz procedure: a case report.
abstract: An eclamptic primigravid patient is presented in whom central monitoring by a Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter led to a series of complications, including the Mendelson's syndrome of necrotisizing pneumonia, resulting in severe maternal morbidity and in fetal mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Crane-Elders
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Nijhuis
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: van Dongen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: vd Dries
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects