Marked gestational edema as a clinical sign of life-threatening condition

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 861-865

  Koyama, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Tanaka, Rieko ^a   Yamamura, Mie ^a   Araki, Naoto ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Shimada, Shigeki ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

antithrombin; edema; platelet count; pre eclampsia; pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIURETIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; NULLIPARA; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; EDEMA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 77954941415     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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