![]() A multidisciplinary experimented team combining anesthesiologists obstetricians and neonatologists is essential to preserve maternal and fetal prognosis. However, mild forms should be recognized early to avoid complications. Sometimes AFE leads to serious complications and death while in others it may lead to mild organ dysfunction, and quick recovery. Full recovery without sequelae was achieved in a few minutes. Management included 100 % oxygen delivery with a facial mask hypovolemia correction is based on fluid resuscitation and low vasoconstrictors doses. The diagnosis was made after excluding differential diagnoses. We report a case of AFE after cesarean section, at the moment of the cord clamping, in a 28-year-old woman resulting in respiratory distress hemodynamic collapse seizure, and without coagulopathy. SFAX, TunisiaĪmniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is an acute, and unpredictable complication of pregnancy, with vital distress for the mother and fetus, that requires prompt recognition and supportive treatment. * Corresponding Author: Salma Ketata MD, Anesthesia department, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital of Sfax. SFAX, TunisiaĢObstetric and gynecology department, Regional hospital of Kerkennah Kerkennah, Sfax, Tunisia. Imen Zouche MD 1, Salma Ketata MD 1*, Nour Elhouda Bayar MD 2, Sarhan Feki MD 1, Zied triki MD 1ġAnesthesia department, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital of Sfax. ![]() Atypical Presentation of Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A case report
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