[Different outcome in two case reports of births showing symptoms of amniotic fluid embolism in the years 2002 and 2012 in the district hospital of Decin].
This paper presents two case reports of amniotic fluid embolism quite identical in the onset of symptoms, 1,20 hr, respectively 1,40 hr after extraction of the fetus during delivery by caesarean section, both births were induced by prostaglandins. Both newborns were male. One patient died with autopsy providing evidence of massive pulmonary embolism, laboratory findings showed hemolysis. The second patient survived with neurological disorders, laboratory findings temporarily showed nonspecific antibodies. Both patients were subdued to hysterectomy, no trace of amniotic fluid components were found in the uterine vessels in either one of them.
D
D
Žáková
L
L
Trudáková
F S
FS
Farhat
Ž
Ž
Kalixová
I
I
Náhlík
J
J
Rejholec
R
R
Lejčková
S
S
Bareš
Z
Z
Hankeová-Bonhome
R
R
Reicho
J
J
Paličková
J
J
Ullrychova
D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism
amniotic fluid embolism; cardiac arrest; disseminated intravascular coagulation; haemolysis; maternal morbidity; maternal mortality; nonspecific antibodies.; pregnancy