Key result
Intravenous administration of 0.25 mg ergonovine during cesarean delivery induced severe coronary vasospasm, leading to cardiac arrest and acute myocardial infarction in a 34-year-old woman.
Population
n=1, 34-year-old Asian woman undergoing cesarean delivery after premature rupture of membranes, with no…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
11 days
Authors
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Clinicians should exercise caution with ergonovine for postpartum atony; this case report leaves open the true incidence and best preventive strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
Intravenous ergonovine administered for postpartum uterine atony can induce life-threatening coronary vasospasm and myocardial infarction, requiring prompt recognition and treatment with nitroglycerin.
Tsui et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Uterine atony (n=1). Intravenous ergonovine was evaluated on Cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction. Intravenous administration of 0.25 mg ergonovine during cesarean delivery induced severe coronary vasospasm, leading to cardiac arrest and acute myocardial infarction in a 34-year-old woman.
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