Amniotic Fluid Embolism with Trivial Deficit and Successful Subsequent Pregnancy: A Case Report

Abstract

Amniotic fluid embolism is an unpredictable, indistinct and rare condition with high morbidity and mortality for both pregnant women and her babies. We present a healthy 30 years old woman who had cyanosis, convulsion, cardiac arrest followed by disseminated intravascular coagulopathy in the beginning of the second stage of labor. Spiral CT confirmed intraluminal filling defect in segmental branch of posterior basal segment of both lower lobes of lungs. Although the diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism was doubtful,prompt decision making and management were necessary for survival of the patient with trivial deficit. The patient survived and had another child in the following year.

Keywords

• amniotic fluid embolism
• cesarean section
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• coagulopathy