title: Massive pulmonary embolism during the postpartum period: Brief review about diagnosis, prophylaxis and early management.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care , Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.|b Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine , Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) , Porto Alegre , RS , Brazil.|c Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Surgery , Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) , Porto Alegre , RS , Brazil.
authors.forename: André P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: a Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care , Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: Tais F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Szeles
authors.affiliation: a Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care , Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: Wagner F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: a Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care , Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP) , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: José O C
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Auler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery