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A 26-year-old pregnant woman developed acute iatrogenic pulmonary edema due to fluid overload from normal saline absorption during a manual bowel evacuation and proctowash.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the importance of multidisciplinary care for pregnant women presenting with acute pulmonary edema.
Multidisciplinary liaison may aid management of antenatal pulmonary edema; leaves open any causal role of constipation.
Acute pulmonary edema in pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening condition with high maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Here we discuss a case of acute pulmonary edema in an antenatal woman with pregnancy complicated by chronic severe constipation, highlighting the importance of the need for close liaison between obstetricians and other specialties in the management of pregnant women.
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Kaur et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Acute pulmonary edema in pregnancy (n=1). Manual bowel evacuation and proctowash was evaluated on Development of acute pulmonary edema. A 26-year-old pregnant woman developed acute iatrogenic pulmonary edema due to fluid overload from normal saline absorption during a manual bowel evacuation and proctowash.
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