Undiagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension at 33 weeks' gestation: A case report

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Seckel, Maureen A ^a   Gray, Carol ^b   Farraj, Megan B ^c,d   O'Brien, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LABOR, INDUCED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 77954570930     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2010151     Document Type: Article

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