Key result
Early airway control, vigilant fluid balance, and vasoactive support prove essential for managing peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the importance of early airway control, fluid management, and monitoring for hypoperfusion beyond blood pressure in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Progressive dyspnea following childbirth warrants a prompt suspicion into the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy, PPCM. Pump failure causes an inadequate cardiac output which ultimately contributes to PPCM high mortality rate; however early airway control, vigilant fluid balance and vasoactive support will substantially reduce the incidence of patients falling into decompensated heart failure. More importantly, it is imperative that these patients are cared in a setting where continuous hemodynamic monitoring is available. This case report serves as a reminder not to focus end-point therapy solely on blood pressure readings, but to observe signs and symptoms of hypoperfusion such as cold clammy skin, cool extremities, decreased urine output and mental status.
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Hariyanto et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy (n=1). Early airway control, fluid balance, and vasoactive support was evaluated. Early airway control, vigilant fluid balance, and vasoactive support guided by clinical signs of hypoperfusion are essential in the management of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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