Postpartum Acute Pulmonary Oedema with Subclinical Rheumatic Heart Disease

Acute dyspnea with pulmonary oedema in postpartum is uncommon but life-threatening event. Contributing factors for pulmonary oedema include, administration of tocolytics, underlying cardiac disease, iatrogenic fluid overload and preeclampsia acounting 0.08% of pregnancies. Pulmonary embolism, amni...

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Main Authors: Padmaja R, Sri Krishna Padma Challa Rao. Gande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2015-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5522/10611_CE(Ra)_F(Sh)_PF1(SNAK)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf