Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and adult respiratory distress syndrome: life-threatening complications of hysteroscopy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 23-year-old, healthy woman underwent hysteroscopy during which Hyskon solution was injected into the uterine cavity. Soon afterward she developed a bleeding coagulopathy followed by acute respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary edema, necessitating endotracheal intubation and artificial ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure. This rare complication of hysteroscopy was most probably due to the injection of Hyskon solution.
Medical subject headings
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Hysteroscopy
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome