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Sepsis After Uterine Artery Embolization-assisted Termination of Pregnancy with Complete Placenta Previa: A Case Report

Overview
Journal J Int Med Res
Publisher Sage Publications
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2017 Sep 1
PMID 28856930
Citations 11
Authors
Yinfeng Wang
Xiufeng Huang
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Abstract

Uterine artery embolization (UAE)-assisted induction of labor is an alternative method of managing pregnant women with complete placenta previa (CPP). Sepsis secondary to UAE, although rare, is a serious complication. We herein present a case of severe sepsis following UAE-assisted termination of a pregnancy at 27 gestational weeks in a woman with CPP. The woman developed a high-grade fever and elevated inflammatory indices following UAE. She did not recover until the infected tissue was removed by emergency cesarean section. This case suggests that the increasing use of UAE for termination of pregnancy in women with CPP requires awareness regarding the possibility of serious sepsis associated with this procedure.

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