Table 3 Features of Amniotic Fluid Embolism at presentation, Australia and New Zealand 2010-2011
From: Amniotic fluid embolism: an Australian-New Zealand population-based study
Number of women experiencing feature (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
Location of onset | Home | 2 (6 %) |
Theatre | 15 (46 %) | |
Birth Suite | 15 (46 %) | |
Not recorded | 1 (3 %) | |
Time point at onset of collapse | Pre-labour | 5 (15 %) |
First stage of labour | 4 (12 %) | |
Second stage of labour | 4 (12 %) | |
Post partum | 17 (52 %) | |
Unknown/Not recorded | 3 (9 %) | |
Initial presenting feature | Premonitory symptoms | 9 (27 %) |
Hypotension | 7 (21 %) | |
Shortness of breath | 5 (15 %) | |
Acute fetal compromise | 5 (15 %) | |
Maternal haemorrhage | 3 (9 %) | |
Coagulopathy | 3 (9 %) | |
Cardiac arrest | 2 (6 %) | |
Abnormal cardiac rhythm | 2 (6 %) | |
Seizure(s) | 1 (3 %) | |
Associated features | Maternal haemorrhage | 26 (79 %) |
Hypotension | 25 (76 %) | |
Coagulopathy | 24 (73 %) | |
Premonitory symptoms | 14 (42 %) | |
Cardiac arrest | 13 (39 %) | |
Shortness of breath | 12 (36 %) | |
Acute fetal compromise | 9 (27 %) | |
Abnormal cardiac rhythm | 8 (24 %) | |
Seizure(s) | 3 (9 %) |