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Chapter 14e Amniotic fluid embolism
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Disclaimer | Background | Pathogenesis | Prevalence | Maternal mortality / morbidity | Risk factors | Diagnosis | Presentation | Management | References | Last reviewed
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> AFE is a leading cause of direct maternal death in Australia (Sullivan et al. 2007) as it is in other high-income countries. The maternal fatality rate is reported as 35 % (Roberts et al. 2010), within the range of that reported in national registries in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively 37 % and 61 %. The United Kingdom registry reported neurological impairment in 7 % of survivors (Dawson in CMACE 2011)
> Neonatal survival was 79 % in the US registry and 78 % in the UK registry top
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