Open AccessLabor Complicated by Spontaneous Emphysema
Author(s) -
Jensen Helle,
Asmussen Inger,
Eliasen Birte
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348709015738
Subject(s) - medicine , subcutaneous emphysema , complication , mediastinal emphysema , vaginal delivery , surgery , pulmonary emphysema , pregnancy , lung , biology , genetics
Spontaneous subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare but potentially dangerous complication of delivery. The condition was observed in a 24‐year‐old, small and slightly‐built primipara after vaginal delivery of a large infant.
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