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Massive pulmonary embolism during the postpartum period: Brief review about diagnosis, prophylaxis and early management

André P. Schmidta Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ;b Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; ;c Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Surgery, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tais F. Szelesa Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
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Wagner F. Santosa Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
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José O. C. Auler Jra Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
Pages 1-4 | Received 30 Aug 2015, Accepted 11 Mar 2016, Published online: 08 Dec 2016

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