Amniotic Fluid Embolism
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Onset of symptoms
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Usually during labour
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Any time in pregnancy
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Early symptoms
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Dyspnoea, restlessness, panic, feeling, cold, paraesthesiae. Usually
no pain
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Breathlessness, , cough, haemoptysis,
pleuritic pain
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Coagulopathy
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Present
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Absent
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ECG
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Not helpful
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S1Q3T3
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Chest x-ray:
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Pulmonary oedema, ARDS, right atrial
enlargement, prominent pulmonary artery.
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Segmental collapse, raised
hemidiaphragm, unilateral effusion
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CTPA
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Negative
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Positive
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Complement levels
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Raised
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Normal
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Serum Fetal Sialyl Tn antigen
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Present
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Absent
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This blog is of my personal experiences in the labour ward and also in the clinical setting. This mainly represents the challenges I had and the solutions I came up with. I believe similar work challneges are faced by my colleuagues too.
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
How to differentiate Amniotic fluid embolism and Pulmonary embolism?
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