Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Ashwin Varghese

Publications

• Case Report
  Pulmonary Edema (Non-Cardiogenic) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Amniotic Fluid Embolism Syndrome Following Preterm Delivery of Intrauterine Fetal Death: A Case Report
  Author(s): Vandita K Patil, Usha Varghese, Kailas N Patil, Swayed Mahmud Ali Reza, Jawaher Al Yazeedi, Shaji Varghese and Ashwin VargheseVandita K Patil, Usha Varghese, Kailas N Patil, Swayed Mahmud Ali Reza, Jawaher Al Yazeedi, Shaji Varghese and Ashwin Varghese
  
  A 27 years old healthy female of twenty eight weeks pregnancy with history of low grade fever and dry cough for one day presented with intrauterine fetal death. Following spontaneous preterm delivery of the dead fetus, within three hours, patient developed irritable cough, dyspnea, tachypnea, restlessness and cyanosis. She was put on face mask with oxygen flow of ten litres/minute and was nebulized with Salbutamol in the delivery suite but gradually she developed desaturation of 76%. As the condition of patient was worsening patient was transferred to intensive care unit. In intensive care unit patient was intubated and put on ventilator immediately. X-ray chest was showing bilateral infiltrates and arterial blood gases was showing PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 55.6%. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was not checked as pulmonary catheterization is not practiced in our Intensiv.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000843

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