A critical review of animal and human data leads to a reassessment of traditional concepts of amniotic fluid embolism. Left ventricular failure, rather than pulmonary hypertension, is the major hemodynamic derangement consistently seen in humans. The detection of squamous cells in the pulmonary artery blood of pregnant women is not pathognomonic for amniotic fluid embolism.
对动物和人类数据的批判性回顾促使人们重新评估羊水栓塞的传统概念。左心室衰竭而非肺动脉高压是在人类中始终观察到的主要血流动力学紊乱。在孕妇肺动脉血中检测到鳞状细胞并非羊水栓塞的特征性表现。