An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera
Acute postpartum dyspnea in a young, previously healthy adult encompasses numerous conditions. One should be aware of various differential diagnoses including delayed postpartum preeclampsia-induced pulmonary edema where the occurrence is rare but a significant one due its deleterious consequences....
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| author | Suartcha Prueksaritanond Alaa M. Ali Godson Nnamdi Aronu Nasir Hussain Anubha Ganjoo Aibek E. Mirrakhimov Aram Barbaryan |
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| description | Acute postpartum dyspnea in a young, previously healthy adult encompasses numerous conditions. One should be aware of various differential diagnoses including delayed postpartum preeclampsia-induced pulmonary edema where the occurrence is rare but a significant one due its deleterious consequences. We report a case of 26-year-old gravida 1/para 1 female who presented to the hospital with progressive dyspnea after 1 week of normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. On physical examination, her blood pressure was severely elevated. Her clinical signs and symptoms were consistent with pulmonary edema, but diagnostic tests excluded the cardiogenic causes. Further test revealed proteinuria. The patient was diagnosed with delayed postpartum preeclampsia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a201cc034d4a44fca6802be98e5732c42025-02-03T01:33:21ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922013-01-01201310.1155/2013/710620710620An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young PuerperaSuartcha Prueksaritanond0Alaa M. Ali1Godson Nnamdi Aronu2Nasir Hussain3Anubha Ganjoo4Aibek E. Mirrakhimov5Aram Barbaryan6Saint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USASaint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine/University of Illinois at Chicago, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USAAcute postpartum dyspnea in a young, previously healthy adult encompasses numerous conditions. One should be aware of various differential diagnoses including delayed postpartum preeclampsia-induced pulmonary edema where the occurrence is rare but a significant one due its deleterious consequences. We report a case of 26-year-old gravida 1/para 1 female who presented to the hospital with progressive dyspnea after 1 week of normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. On physical examination, her blood pressure was severely elevated. Her clinical signs and symptoms were consistent with pulmonary edema, but diagnostic tests excluded the cardiogenic causes. Further test revealed proteinuria. The patient was diagnosed with delayed postpartum preeclampsia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/710620 |
| spellingShingle | Suartcha Prueksaritanond Alaa M. Ali Godson Nnamdi Aronu Nasir Hussain Anubha Ganjoo Aibek E. Mirrakhimov Aram Barbaryan An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera |
| title_full | An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera |
| title_fullStr | An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera |
| title_short | An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in a Young Puerpera |
| title_sort | uncommon cause of shortness of breath in a young puerpera |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/710620 |
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