Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Hyperemesis Gravidarum Two Case Reports

• Main Authors: Bekir Keskinkılıç (Author), Dilek Uygur (Author), Ayşe Özcan (Author), Yaprak Engin Üstün (Author), Hüseyin Levent Keskin (Author), Selma Karaahmetoğlu (Author), Meral Esen (Author), İrfan Şencan (Author), Sema Sanisoğlu (Author)
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• Published: Medical Network, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary embolism is a major cause of death during pregnancy or the puerperium. The hemostatic changes in pregnancy creates a prothrombotic milieu. Hyperemesis gravidarum  is one of the recognised risk factors for venous tromboembolism.Two cases of maternal mortality were attributed to  PE associat...