Anaesthesia and intensive care, 2008, Vol.36 (1), p.113-115
2008
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- Titel
- Ergometrine administration for post-partum haemorrhage in an undiagnosed pre-eclamptic
- Ist Teil von
- Anaesthesia and intensive care, 2008, Vol.36 (1), p.113-115
- Ort / Verlag
- Edgecliff: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2008
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We report a case of a parturient who was well antenatally but presented with oliguria following delivery. The possibility of post-partum pre-eclampsia was obscured by simultaneous post-partum haemorrhage. Ergometrine was given and she suffered an eclamptic seizure shortly after. We discuss the diagnostic difficulties presented by simultaneous presentation of post-partum pre-eclampsia and haemorrhage and the likelihood that ergometrine precipitated eclampsia in a patient at risk. While ergometrine is an effective drug for the management of uterine atony, its potential role in precipitating eclampsia must be considered.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0310-057XeISSN: 1448-0271DOI: 10.1177/0310057X0803600121Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_journals_224830059
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Adult, Anesthesia, Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy, Anticonvulsants - administration & dosage, Biological and medical sciences, Blood Pressure, Blood Transfusion - methods, Care and treatment, Case studies, Cesarean Section, Complications and side effects, Development and progression, Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Dosage and administration, Drug therapy, Eclampsia, Eclampsia - chemically induced, Eclampsia - diagnosis, Ergonovine, Ergonovine - administration & dosage, Ergonovine - adverse effects, Female, Hemorrhage, Humans, Hypovolemia - etiology, Intubation, Intratracheal, Labor, Complicated, Magnesium Sulfate - administration & dosage, Medical sciences, Obesity, Morbid - complications, Oliguria - etiology, Oxytocics - administration & dosage, Oxytocics - adverse effects, Patient outcomes, Postpartum Hemorrhage - diagnosis, Postpartum Hemorrhage - drug therapy, Pre-Eclampsia - diagnosis, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Seizures - etiology, Tachycardia - etiology, Urination disorders