Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · May 2002
Case Reports[Amniotic fluid embolism: successful evolution course after uterine arteries embolization].
A 28-year-old woman, G3P3, who was otherwise healthy and had taken no medication and had no known allergy, was admitted to our hospital for delivery after a normal pregnancy. An epidural catheter was inserted for analgesia and labour was induced with oxytocin. Two hours later, she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. ⋯ Evolution was favourable, after bilateral uterine arteries embolization had been performed. The diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism was established by the clinical course, the absence of local cause and the presence of a large number of amniotic cells in the mother's peripheral blood. Tryptase blood concentration was normal in the mother's blood.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · May 2002
Case Reports[Hemoperitoneum and pregnancy in a patient with von Willebrand's disease type 3].
A 24-year-old woman with type 3 (characterised by a blood level of von Willebrand factor less than 1%) was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit with an haemorrhagic shock. She was pregnant (Beta HCG = 115 Ul. L-1), the echography of the abdomen, soon after admission, revealed a haemoperitoeum. ⋯ The surgeon found an ovarian haemorrhagic cyst. Later the course of pregnancy was normal and she was delivered by caesarean section. We describe the therapeutic strategy of that care.