Key result
Pericardiocentesis and immunosuppression successfully resolve lupus-induced cardiac tamponade in third-trimester pregnancy.
Why the study?
Cardiac tamponade is a rare and life-threatening complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during pregnancy, with limited reported cases of initial presentation in the third trimester.
Population
21-year-old primigravida African-American female with new diagnosis of SLE in third-trimester pregnancy
Design
Case report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to possible SLE in peripartum tamponade; single case leaves open generalizability of management.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Yousif et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with cardiac tamponade in pregnancy (n=1). Pericardiocentesis and immunosuppression (prednisone, azathioprine, hydroxychloroquine) was evaluated on Resolution of cardiac tamponade and maternal/fetal survival. Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a third-trimester pregnant woman was successfully managed with pericardiocentesis and immunosuppressive therapy.
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