Successful pregnancy after amniotic fluid embolism: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) has a mortality rate of 60% to 80% and accounts for approximately 10% of all maternal deaths in the United States. Although AFE is thought to be an anaphylactoid reaction, there are few reports of subsequent pregnancy after AFE.


METHODS
A healthy 29-year-old underwent an uncomplicated planned Caesarean section for her third pregnancy. She had a history of placental abruption with the first pregnancy and amniotic fluid embolism with the second pregnancy, for which she was treated with blood products and recovered fully.


CONCLUSIONS
This case of a 29-year-old woman with successful subsequent pregnancy after amniotic fluid embolism and a limited number of case reports in the literature suggest that AFE is a sporadic event.
Demianczuk
Christina E D
CE
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Corbett
Thomas F X
TF
D000328:Adult; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors