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Uterine inversion is a rare but potentially life threatening emergency due to massive potential blood loss and cardiovascular instability including bradycardia secondary to the parasympathetic response to traction on the uterine suspensory ligaments [1, 2].

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  1. St Thomas’ Hopsital, London, UK

    Sarah McDonald & Katarzyna Marciniak

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Roshan Fernando

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pervez Sultan

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK

    Sioned Phillips

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McDonald, S., Marciniak, K. (2022). Uterine Inversion. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_23

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