Severe maternal morbidity and fetal mortality caused by a diagnostic Swan-Ganz procedure: a case report.
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.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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van Dongen
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vd Dries
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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