1. Maternal anaphylaxis and fetal brain damage after intrapartum chemoprophylaxis
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Alberto Berardi, K Rossi, Francesca Cavalleri, Lorenzo Aguzzoli, Angela Simoni, Fabrizio Ferrari, and Giuseppe Masellis
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Adult ,Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Allergy ,Pregnancy Trimester, Third ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Pregnancy ,medicine ,Humans ,Neonatology ,Infusions, Intravenous ,Anaphylaxis ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,Ultrasonography ,Asphyxia Neonatorum ,Fetus ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Infant, Newborn ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Maternal Hypotension ,Anesthesia ,Maternal anaphylaxis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Chemoprophylaxis ,Gestation ,Ampicillin ,Brain Damage, Chronic ,Female ,business - Abstract
We report a case of maternal anaphylaxis following intrapartum chemoprophylaxis. The term fetus developed severe brain damage as a consequence of intrapartum asphyxia. The lesions resulted from maternal hypotension following anaphylaxis. We discuss the feto-maternal risks and the controversial treatment of such a condition. The increasing number of penicillin-treated parturients will result in further cases of maternal anaphylaxis than previously found.
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- 2004
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