TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful placement of a right ventricular assist device for treatment of a presumed amniotic fluid embolism
AU - Nagarsheth, Nimesh P.
AU - Pinney, Sean
AU - Bassily-Marcus, Adel
AU - Anyanwu, Anelechi
AU - Friedman, Lynn
AU - Beilin, Yaakov
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Department of Anesthesiology.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare and often fatal complication of pregnancy. We report the successful multidisciplinary management of a woman who developed a coagulopathy from a presumed amniotic fluid embolism after forceps-assisted vaginal delivery requiring recombinant factor VIIa, and pulmonary arterial hypertension requiring a right ventricular assist device.
AB - Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare and often fatal complication of pregnancy. We report the successful multidisciplinary management of a woman who developed a coagulopathy from a presumed amniotic fluid embolism after forceps-assisted vaginal delivery requiring recombinant factor VIIa, and pulmonary arterial hypertension requiring a right ventricular assist device.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51449115244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31817f10e8
DO - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31817f10e8
M3 - Article
C2 - 18713914
AN - SCOPUS:51449115244
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 107
SP - 962
EP - 964
JO - Anesthesia and Analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and Analgesia
IS - 3
ER -