Table 5:

Clinical Criteria for Patients with Typical (N=59) and Atypical Amniotic Fluid Embolism (N=15)

Criterion Number	Typical AFE	Atypical AFE
1	100%	66.7%
2	100%	78.6%
3	100%	78.6%
4	100%	100%
5	100%	92.9%

Data expressed as (%)

Criterion 1: Sudden onset of cardiorespiratory arrest or hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg)

Criterion 2: respiratory compromise (dyspnea, cyanosis, or peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) <90% or respiratory arrest.

Criterion 3: Documentation of overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) using the scoring system of the Scientific and Standardization Committee on Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH), modified for pregnancy.

Criterion 4: Clinical onset during labor, cesarean delivery or dilation and evacuation or within 30 minutes of delivery of the placenta.

Criterion 5: No fever (38.0°C) and absence of any other significant confounding condition or explanation for the signs and symptoms observed.

Amniotic fluid embolism outcomes