Articles: postoperative-complications.
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Case Reports
The problem of aerophagy. Postoperative gastric dilatation as a remote complication of total laryngectomy.
A case of acute gastric dilatation due to massive aerophagy in a patient who had previously had a laryngectomy is reported. Excitement during regional analgesia was responsible. The pathophysiology of this mechanism is discussed and suggestions are made about its prevention.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jul 1978
Case ReportsAmniotic fluid embolism and disseminated intravascular coagulation after evacuation of missed abortion.
The combination of amniotic fluid embolism and disseminated intravascular coagulation in obstetrics usually occurs at term associated with tumultuous labor. Maternal death almost inevitably follows. ⋯ Prompt recognition and aggressive appropriate therapy were responsible for patient survival with virtually no residual sequelae. Diagnosis was established on the basis of serial chest x-rays, pulmonary function tests, sputum, and serial blood studies.