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A case of successful management of maternal septic shock with multiple organ failure following amniocentesis at midgestation

✍ Scribed by Junzo Hamanishi; Hiroaki Itoh; Norimasa Sagawa; Takahiro Nakayama; Shigetoshi Yamada; Kaoru Nakamura; Ayaka Saito; Erika Kumakura; Shigeo Yura; Shingo Fujii


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
351 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
1341-8076

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

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.