
Episode 45: Amniotic fluid embolism with Stephanie Martin
Critical Care Scenarios
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Anemia in a Pregnant Woman?
Fibrinagon levels should be abnormally elevated. A normal, if your fibrinagen level on a pregnant or post partem woman comes back in the normal ange on the lab, she is consuming fibrnogen. That is not normal for a pregnant woman. So i'm sure they just ordered a d i c panel and it was included on it. But they will be abnormal period. And in a d i C, we often characterize with both bleeding and potentially clotting. Sound like this is probably more going to be a problem of bleeding.
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