학술논문
Unknown rheumatic cardiac disease as cause of acute onset post-partum dyspnea: a case report.
Document Type
Case Study
Source
Subject
*RHEUMATISM
*DYSPNEA
*ACUTE diseases
*MITRAL valve insufficiency
*MALARIA
*COUGH
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Language
ISSN
1471-2393
Abstract
Background: Acute post-partum dyspnea configures an obstetric challenge with multiple differential diagnosis. Case presentation: We present a case of a previous healthy woman with preeclampsia who developed severe dyspnea 30 h after delivery. She complained of cough, orthopnea, and bilateral lower extremities oedema. She denied headaches, blurry vision, nausea, vomiting, fever or chills. Auscultation revealed a diastolic murmur, and was compatible with pulmonary oedema. A timely bedside echocardiogram showed moderate dilated left atrium with severe mitral insufficiency suggestive of an unknown rheumatic disease. She was managed with noninvasive ventilation, loop diuretics, vasodilators, thromboprophylaxis, head-end elevation, and fluid restriction with progressive improving. Conclusions: Hemodynamic changes in pregnant patients with previously silent cardiac disease may pose a challenge and cause post-partum dyspnea. This scenario requires a timely and multidisciplinary approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]