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Maternal brain death during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Vives A.,
Carmona F.,
Zabala E.,
Fernández C.,
Cararach V.,
Iglesias X.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02535-9
Subject(s) - pregnancy , meningitis , medicine , gestation , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , obstetrics , genetics , biology
A case of a 36‐year‐old woman diagnosed brain dead secondary to pneumococcal meningitis at 27 weeks of gestation is presented. In spite of aggressive therapy, supportive intensive care was possible for only 36 h. Signs of fetal distress appeared and a cesarean section was performed. The complexity of supportive care and its ethical implications are discussed.