OBJECTIVE:

To report the clinical case of a pregnant patient, who underwent a cesarean section due to a transverse fetal situation, with hemodynamic decompensating caused by postpartum haemorrhage of unknown origin and ending in maternal death.

CLINICAL CASE:

a 40-year-old multiparous patient, who in the context of a caesarean section for fetal transverse situation, suffers hemodynamic decompensating as a result of postpartum hemorrhage. The patient died, whose autopsy later confirmed amniotic fluid embolism as the cause of death Amniotic fluid embolism is a condition of extreme gravity produced by the anaphylactic reaction and obstruction of maternal circulation, derived from the passage of amniotic fluid with cells, fetal hair, or mother fluids to the bloodstream.

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