Dyspnea in Pregnancy: Case Discussion
Case Discussion Let us now review the chest roentgenograms of this patient. On Nov 2 (Fig 1), she had bilateral infiltrates with blunting of both costophrenic angles. There was also silhouetting of the...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Hospital Course
Hospital Course Dr. South-Rnd: This patient had increasing dyspnea and was admitted to the ICU. She was treated with oxygen by face mask, parenteral aminophyUine and Solu-Medrol, and terbutaline and...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Normal Physiology of Pregnancy
Normal Physiology of Pregnancy Before discussing the other dyspneic syndromes of pregnancy, it is helpful to review the normal physiologic changes in the mother and fetus. There are major effects on...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Incidence of viral infections
Although infections are not the main topic of today s conference, several infections deserve attention when we are evaluating the dyspnea cough syndrome of pregnancy. The incidence of viral infections...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Mechanical load
Some amount of breathlessness is a normal physiologic response in pregnant patients. It is so common that 60 to 70 percent of the mothers will experience the sensation in the first two trimesters. Why...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Specific Dyspneic Syndromes
Specific Dyspneic Syndromes With that background, we can now discuss some specific disease states in which dyspnea and hypoxia may be the predominant symptoms and signs. Fortunately, many pulmonary...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Primary pulmonary hypertension
Primary pulmonary hypertension is a disease of young women, usually in their child-bearing years. It carries a very high mortality rate. Patients present with severe dyspnea and syncope, and it has...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Amniotic fluid embolism
How, then, can we anticoagulate when pulmonary embolism has been well documented? I will outline a course, but this is subject to change as we improve our methods or develop newer anticoagulants....
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Exercise in Pregnancy
Exercise in Pregnancy Dr. South-Paul and I have been particularly interested in evaluating exercise as a way to decrease the sensation of dyspnea during pregnancy. By comparing normal sedentary...
View ArticleDyspnea in Pregnancy: Outcome
Are there any contraindications to physical activity during pregnancy? Several have been outlined by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and divided into relative and absolute...
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