Acute postpartum pulmonary edema in a 23-year-old woman 5 days after cesarean delivery

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-181

  Dunne, Caitlin ^a   Meriano, Antonio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WINDSOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Obstetric emergencies; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CAPTOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PUERPERIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESUSCITATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NITROGLYCERIN; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PULMONARY EDEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESUSCITATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849091670     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011179     Document Type: Article

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