Case challenge · Obstetrics / Anesthesia / Critical care · teaching

Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) — Recognition & Management · case challenge

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Sudden cardiopulmonary collapseDoes not meet it

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Step 1 / 1 · Sudden cardiopulmonary collapse

Sudden cardiopulmonary collapse during labor/immediately postpartum (triad of hypoxia + hypotension + coagulopathy)?

💡 Amniotic fluid embolism = a clinical diagnosis (no confirmatory test), triad: sudden hypoxia, hypotension, coagulopathy/DIC, occurring during labor or immediately postpartum (± seizure, cardiac arrest). A diagnosis of exclusion; finding fetal squamous cells in maternal blood is not diagnostic.

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