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Key paediatric messages from the 2017 European Respiratory Society International Congress

In this article, the group chairs of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) highlight some of the most interesting findings presented at the 2017 ERS International Congress, which was held in Milan, Italy.

Serendipitous signs, symptoms, laboratory parameters, and instrumental patterns of amniotic fluid embolism. Lessons from an analysis of case reports

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if serendipitous signs, symptoms, and laboratory and instrumental data described in
cases of amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) were associated with more typical AFEs and better prognoses.
STUDY DESIGN: Wide analysis of the case reports on AFE published from 1990 to 2014. A scoring system