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Clinical Study Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 1994

Air embolism death of a pregnant woman secondary to orogenital sex.

Kaiser RT — Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1994

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported the case of a pregnant woman who died from an air embolism following orogenital sex, leading to cardiac arrest.

What They Found

They found that a pregnant woman presented to the emergency department in full cardiac arrest due to an air embolism from orogenital sex. Despite aggressive resuscitation, the patient died, but her infant son was delivered via perimortem cesarean section and survived.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no specific Canadian connection as it is a single case report from outside Canada.

Study Limitations

The primary limitation of this study is that it is a single case report, which limits the generalizability of its findings to a broader population.

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Study Details

Study Type Clinical Study
Category Cardiac
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 7600403
Year Published 1994
Journal Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
MeSH Terms Adult; Cesarean Section; Embolism, Air; Female; Heart Arrest; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; Sexual Behavior

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