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Chest computed tomography of a patient revealing severe hypoxia due to amniotic fluid embolism: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Amniotic fluid embolism is one of the most severe complications in the peripartum period. Because its onset is abrupt and fulminant, it is unlikely that there will be time to examine the condition using thoracic computed tomography (CT). We report a case of life-threatening amniotic fl...

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Autores principales: Imanaka, Hideaki, Takahara, Bunji, Yamaguchi, Harutaka, Nakataki, Emiko, Mano, Akiko, Inui, Daisuke, Oto, Jun, Nishimura, Masaji
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2843707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20167080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-55