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MINI REVIEW article
Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 5 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1473405
Acute management of massive pulmonary embolism in pregnancy Author names and postnominal initials
Provisionally accepted
Ashwini Bilagi
1*
Shahin Qadri
2,3*
Abha Sinha
3*
Derek Connolly
2,3,4
Richard Murrin
3*
Shagaf Haj Bakour
2,3,4- 1 Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, United States
- 2 Aston Medical School, College of Health and Life Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 3 Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 4 School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) during pregnancy or the postpartum period is a rare but potentially lethal event.• Physiological changes in the coagulation system during pregnancy and puerperium would lead to a hypercoagulable state.• To understand the pathophysiology of massive PE.• To appreciate the treatment options in pregnancy and postpartum period and their pros and cons • To understand the need for further work in this area especially in creating a validated algorithm for diagnosing PE in pregnancy and postpartum period.
Keywords: Pregnancy, Pulmonary Embolism, thrombolysis, ECMO, Embolectomy
Received: 01 Aug 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Bilagi, Qadri, Sinha, Connolly, Murrin and Bakour. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Ashwini Bilagi, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, United States
Shahin Qadri, Aston Medical School, College of Health and Life Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Abha Sinha, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Richard Murrin, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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