为什么一个平时健健康康的孕妇,会突然猝死,病情恶化如此之迅速?用迅雷不及掩耳之势来形容,也不为过。在我大天朝,听说要求孕妇死亡率为0,假如死亡,故事的结局:1.入土为安;2.在医院设置灵堂,以情绪激动的名义扰乱社会治安,然后诈骗医院;3.少数人通过法律途径解决不满。在歪国,下一步,遗体解剖比较靠谱。解剖没有发现胎盘破裂、肺部血栓、心肌梗死或脑血管意外的证据。之后,歪国人的洒脱帮助医生发现了病因。丈夫提供一个很重要的性息:发病前,夫妻俩正在享受性前戏(原文:engaging in sexual foreplay),性前戏的内容是男方在“人生的出路”往里面大量吹气(原文:he had insufflated a large amount of air into her vagina.)。医生只能事后诸葛亮的恍然大悟:子宫静脉丰富,空气栓子容易进入血管系统,原来死因是空气栓塞,而空气栓塞的原因是orogenital sex(无保护性口交)。没错,原因是继发于无保护性口交的空气栓塞(原文:The cause of death was an air embolism secondary to orogenital sex)。
上面那个惊心动魄的抢救,母亲走了,留下一身是病的儿子。得了空气栓塞,是不是就没有活路?来看另外一个故事。作者单位:美国密歇根州立大学人类医学院。一个22岁的经产妇,在38周时和他的男朋友激情四射,没错是男朋友(原文:The history was provided by the patient’s boyfriend.),然后,女方诉头晕,逐渐神志不清,大小便失禁。立即送医院。到急诊科后立即行羊膜穿刺术。紧急气管插管,100%的纯氧吸入。静脉给予硫酸镁、安定控制妊高症。紧急剖宫产,入院后35分钟后顺利产出一活男婴。转ICU治疗3天后,孕妇呼吸衰竭好转,拔出气管导管。但是,婴儿因为没有自主呼吸,产后3天死亡。病人好转后。再次询问病人,病人诉发病前,男朋友在“人生的出路”吹气,(原文:her partner forcefully blew air into her vagina.)。最终,医生做出临床诊断:空气栓塞。
那么,问题又来了,送液体是不是就可以任性一点呢?抱歉,有钱也不能任性。学着Truhlar报道,38岁妇女,自发流产后7天,性爱后空气栓塞,心跳骤停,幸好,抢救成功。她要是敢再故伎重演,我就油瓶跌倒不扶,只服她。作者Truhlar的建议:1. Air embolism should be included in the differential diagnosis for all young women in cardiac arrest, particularly when occuring during sexual activity.年轻女性突然心跳骤停,应注意鉴别空气栓塞,特别是性生活后。
2.Instructions in risks of sexual intercourse during pregnancy and the puerperium should become part of pregnant women's education。孕期和产褥期性生活的潜在风险,应该是妇女性教育的一部分。
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