Amniotic fluid embolism: Decreased mortality in a population based study.

In contrast, amniotic fluid embolism almost exclusively affects the venous side.

Amniotic fluid embolism, a potentially fatal complication of pregnancy.

Amniotic fluid embolism associated with castor oil ingestion.

Other rare complications include amniotic fluid embolism; a 2006 study showed that the use of drugs to induce labor nearly doubled the risk.

Autotransfusion is not normally used in Caesarean sections, because the possibility of an amniotic fluid embolism exists.

Embolism (foreign bodies in the circulation, e.g. amniotic fluid embolism)

Ingelsrudøya died very suddenly in childbirth of a suspected amniotic fluid embolism She was survived by her daughter Hanna.

Lena Ingelsrudøya, 37, Norwegian footballer, amniotic fluid embolism.

The medical examiner listed the causes of death as "amniotic fluid embolism following a medical termination of pregnancy", disseminated intravascular coagulation and fetal abnormalities.

In July 2008, Thai-born Nittaya Hendrickson and her son died at FGH after she suffered an amniotic fluid embolism.

The presence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (i.e., in amniotic fluid embolism or HELLP syndrome) also appears to be a factor in its development.

One likely explanation for this inconsistency is the lack of sensitive and specific diagnostic studies to definitively identify cases of amniotic fluid embolism, leading to both over- and underreporting.

While it is estimated to be the fifth most common cause of maternal mortality in the world, there has been discrepancy with respect to the incidence and mortality of amniotic fluid embolism.

The onset of DIC can be fulminant, as in endotoxic shock or amniotic fluid embolism, or it may be insidious and chronic, as in cases of carcinomatosis.

Amniotic fluid embolism - embolism of amniotic fluid, foetal cells, hair, or other debris that enters the mother's bloodstream via the placental bed of the uterus and triggers an allergic reaction.

Nagarsheth NP, Pinney S, Bassily-Marcus A, Anyanwu A, Friedman L, Beilin Y. Successful placement of a right ventricular assist device for treatment of a presumed amniotic fluid embolism.

Indeed, one researcher, Dr. Roberto Romero, chief of the perinatology research branch at the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, suspects that amniotic fluid embolism is, in fact, a "chronic process that could be identified in women who are admitted to the hospital."