Respiratory Arrest in an Obese Pregnant Woman with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

• Main Authors: Ayumi Iwashita (Author), Yosuke Baba (Author), Rie Usui (Author), Akihide Ohkuchi (Author), Shigeaki Muto (Author), Shigeki Matsubara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A pregnant, non-Japanese-speaking Peruvian, and, thus, with communication difficulty, suffered hyperemesis gravidarum and had respiratory arrest, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The obese pregnant woman (prepregnancy weight: 107 kg) had vomited and lost 15 kg in bodyweight over appropriatel...