A case of successful management of maternal septic shock with multiple organ failure following amniocentesis at midgestation.
Maternal sepsis is an unusual but catastrophic complication of amniocentesis. We report a case of successful treatment of maternal septic shock and multiple organ failure following amniocentesis at midgestation, possibly due to needle puncture of the sigmoid colon, which was tightly adherent to the anterior surface of the pregnant uterus.
Hamanishi
Junzo
J
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Itoh
Hiroaki
H
Sagawa
Norimasa
N
Nakayama
Takahiro
T
Yamada
Shigetoshi
S
Nakamura
Kaoru
K
Saito
Ayaka
A
Kumakura
Erika
E
Yura
Shigeo
S
Fujii
Shingo
S
D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy