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Anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy immediately after intrauterine pressure catheter placement.

Matsuo K, Lynch MA, Kopelman JN, Atlas RO

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

A 35-year-old multipara woman underwent intrauterine pressure catheter placement during labor. Immediately afterwards, she had severe dyspnea develop, became unresponsive, and had a prolonged fetal bradycardia. During emergency cesarean section, she required cardiopulmonary resuscitation repetitively. She then had disseminated intravascular coagulopathy develop and underwent hysterectomy. Anaphylactic reaction may be associated with intrauterine pressure catheter placement.

Published 29 January 2008 in Am J Obstet Gynecol, 198(2): e8-9.
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