Background The use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has expanded to include unique
populations such as peripartum women. This systematic review aims to (1) quantify the …

The use of intraoperative cell salvage and autologous blood transfusion has become an
important method of blood conservation. The main aim of autologous transfusion is to …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine etiology and preventability of maternal death and the
causal relationship of cesarean delivery to maternal death in a series of approximately 1.5 …

Amniotic fluid embolism is a leading cause of maternal mortality in developed countries. Our
understanding of risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis is hampered by a lack of …

Mast cells, which are granulocytes found in peripheral tissue, play a central role in
inflammatory and immediate allergic reactions. β‐Tryptase is a neutral serine protease and …

We conducted an evidence-based review of information about amniotic fluid embolism
(AFE). The estimated incidence of AFE is 1: 15,200 and 1: 53,800 deliveries in North …

Amniotic fluid embolism remains one of the most devastating conditions in obstetric practice
with an incidence of approximately 1 in 40,000 deliveries and a reported mortality rate …

The rate of cerebral palsy has not decreased in developed countries over the past 30 years,
despite the widespread use of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring and a 5-fold increase in …

Objective We sought to provide evidence-based guidelines regarding the diagnosis and
management of amniotic fluid embolism. Study Design A systematic literature review was …

This consensus statement was commissioned in 2012 by the Board of Directors of the
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology to improve maternal resuscitation by …