Life support for 10 weeks with successful fetal outcome after fatal maternal brain damage

Life support for 10 weeks with successful fetal outcome after fatal maternal brain damage

A 31 year old woman in whom subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage occurred during the second trimester of pregnancy was sustained in intensive care with a respirator for 10 weeks. Computed tomography of the brain showed bilateral intraventricular haemorrhages. Because of drug resistant hypotoni...

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Published in:British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.) Vol. 290; no. 6477; pp. 1237 - 1238
Main Authors: Heikkinen, J E, Rinne, R I, Alahuhta, S M, Lumme, J A, Koivisto, M E, Kirkinen, P P, Sotaniemi, K A, Nuutinen, L S, Järvinen, P A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 27-04-1985
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:
Adult
Brain damage
Brain stem
Cardiac arrest
Cerebral Hemorrhage - therapy
Cesarean Section
Clinical Research
Electroencephalography
Female
Fetal Monitoring
Fetus
Heart rate
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive care
Life Support Care
Male
Mechanical ventilators
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - therapy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - therapy
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Summary:A 31 year old woman in whom subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage occurred during the second trimester of pregnancy was sustained in intensive care with a respirator for 10 weeks. Computed tomography of the brain showed bilateral intraventricular haemorrhages. Because of drug resistant hypotonic episodes at 31 weeks' gestation caesarean section was performed, and a boy was delivered. The woman died of spontaneous cardiac arrest two days after caesarean section, and the boy showed normal development. Life support can be continued for several weeks in a modern intensive care unit after fatal insult to the brain even in a pregnant woman without affecting the fetus.
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ISSN:0267-0623
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1237