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Abstract

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare (incidence approximately 1 in 60,000) [1], but potentially catastrophic obstetric complication, and remains one of the leading direct causes of maternal mortality in high-income countries [2].

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  1. St Michael’s Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Bristol, UK

    Neil Muchatuta & Stuart Younie

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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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Muchatuta, N., Younie, S. (2022). Amniotic Fluid Embolism. 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_24

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