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A case of successful management of maternal septic shock with multiple organ failure following amniocentesis at midgestation
Author(s) -
Hamanishi Junzo,
Itoh Hiroaki,
Sagawa Norimasa,
Nakayama Takahiro,
Yamada Shigetoshi,
Nakamura Kaoru,
Saito Ayaka,
Kumakura Erika,
Yura Shigeo,
Fujii Shingo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1046/j.1341-8076.2002.00051.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amniocentesis , septic shock , sepsis , obstetrics , shock (circulatory) , complication , sigmoid colon , pregnancy , fetus , surgery , rectum , prenatal diagnosis , genetics , biology
Maternal sepsis is an unusual but catastrophic complication of amniocentesis. We report a case of successful treatment of maternal septic shock and multiple organ failure following amniocentesis at midgestation, possibly due to needle puncture of the sigmoid colon, which was tightly adherent to the anterior surface of the pregnant uterus.