title: [Medical reflections on a case of pulmonary thromboembolism in pregnancy].
abstract: Maternal mortality is still high in the world. Pulmonary thromboembolism as a cause of death is the second in developed countries. The frequency of reported events in Latin-American is 0.6%, which contrasts with that reported for developed countries (14.9%). This difference may be related to information bias. A review of the current information about this topic is presented, and we report a short case of a pregnant woman who presented pulmonary thromboembolism event at 30 weeks of pregnancy. Appropriate therapy allowed maternal and fetal survival.
authors.affiliation: Circulación Pulmonar, UMAE Hospital de Cardiología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS. Cuidados Intensivos Posoperatorios Cardiovasculares del Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez.
authors.forename: Luis Efrén
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Santos-Martínez
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murillo
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puente
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Milci
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosado-Bosque
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pulido
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baranda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy