Cruel 40-year-old woman on the operating table BS rescued her, but fortunately she escaped her death hand in a narrow distance

At the end of last April, when there were signs of abdominal pain, she was brought to the Children's Center - General Hospital of Phu Tho province.

After the examination, the doctor asked for immediate hospitalization because of signs of labor, accompanied by high blood pressure. Dr. Nguyen Tien Cong, Head of the Department of Obstetrics often said that after watching for 1 hour, pregnant women continuously had uterine contractions, blood pressure continued to rise, with many signs of danger, so pregnant women were appointed to have surgery. First aid in the night of hospitalization.

However, when she was on the operating table, the woman began to appear eclampsia, full convulsions constantly, mental panic, difficulty breathing, respiratory failure and circulatory arrest.

'The situation at that time was extremely critical. Immediately, we alerted the whole hospital to provide emergency care for our mother and cesarean section immediately, 'said Dr. Cong.

Dr. Cao Viet Hung, Head of Active Resuscitation Department - Anti-Poisoning, the Children's Production Center added, at the same time many specialists coordinate. While the obstetrician continues to give birth to the baby quickly, the team of doctors resuscitates the mother to stop the circulation, including cardiopulmonary massage, an endotracheal intubation for artificial ventilation. , use cardiac and vasomotor drugs.

15 minutes later, the baby was born safely while the mother was still in a dangerous condition, appearing ventricular fibrillation after cardiac arrest, pulse and blood pressure could not be measured.

Doctors do not give up, continue to massage the heart outside the chest, electric shock defibrillator. After 45 minutes of positive emergency, 2 times of electric shock, the heart of the pregnant woman bounced back, blood pressure reached 90/60 mmHg, stable blood oxygen status.

Mothers are brought to the intensive care unit - Anti-toxic to continue treatment. At the intensive care unit, patients continue to be ventilated, sedated, maintain cardiovascular drugs, and regulate alkaline acidosis disorders. More than 1 day later, pregnant women can stop breathing machines and withdraw the endotracheal tube.

On 3/5, after 5 days of treatment, both mother and daughter's health was stable and was discharged.

Dr. Hung stressed that pre-eclampsia (or fetal toxicity) is a common dangerous condition for pregnant women after the 20th week.

The manifestations of pre-eclampsia can be mentioned as: High blood pressure, protein in the urine, bipedal edema, dizziness headache . Until now, the cause of pre-eclampsia has not been clearly defined.

Pre-eclampsia causes many dangerous complications for both mother and baby during childbirth, such as an increased risk of premature birth, low birth weight. In particular, pre-eclampsia can lead to eclampsia, in which women suffer from seizures, loss of consciousness, and coma can be life-threatening if not treated promptly.

In addition, pre-eclampsia is also the cause of many dangerous postpartum diseases, including HELLP syndrome, postpartum haemorrhage, scattered internal blood clots, acute pulmonary edema, cerebral vascular accident, kidney damage. serious, chronic kidney disease, .

Therefore, pregnant women, especially in the later stages of pregnancy, need to pay attention to abnormal signs and routine pregnancy check-up at the hospital. Pregnant women should regularly check their blood pressure at home to detect symptoms early.

Experts warn the signs of pre-eclampsia as follows:

The most prominent sign of pre-eclampsia is high blood pressure, protein in the urine, excessive swelling (edema) of hands and face, rapid weight gain

Severe headache; visual disturbances such as blurred vision, blinking eyes; pain in the upper, right abdomen or shoulder pain; pain or burning sensation behind the sternum; nausea or vomiting; confused or worried; shortness of breath.

Who is at risk?

No one can predict for sure that he will have pre-eclampsia. Every woman is at risk for this symptom in her first pregnancy, although the major risk to the disease is because of a family history of illness.

Women often have pre-eclampsia at the first birth, rarely again at the next birth. Mothers over 40 years of age or 10 years of birth spacing are also at high risk. Women with high blood pressure / obesity (body mass index over 30) or diabetes.