Successful treatment of postpartum shock caused by amniotic fluid embolism with cardiopulmonary bypass and pulmonary artery thromboembolectomy

R A Esposito; E A Grossi; G Coppa; G Giangola; D P Ferri; E M Angelides; P Andriakos

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(90)91200-v

Successful treatment of postpartum shock caused by amniotic fluid embolism with cardiopulmonary bypass and pulmonary artery thromboembolectomy

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 Aug;163(2):572-4. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)91200-v.

Authors

R A Esposito¹, E A Grossi, G Coppa, G Giangola, D P Ferri, E M Angelides, P Andriakos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY.

PMID: 2386144
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)91200-v

Abstract

We report the successful treatment of a moribund patient as a result of amniotic fluid embolism with cardiopulmonary bypass and open pulmonary artery thromboembolectomy. Review of the literature indicates that this is the first reported case of treatment of amniotic fluid embolism with cardiopulmonary bypass and pulmonary thromboembolectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Blood Transfusion
Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / therapy
Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / complications*
Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / surgery
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Puerperal Disorders / etiology
Puerperal Disorders / surgery*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Shock / etiology
Shock / surgery*
Thrombosis / surgery*

Substances

Anticoagulants