Recurrent noncardiac pulmonary edema accompanying pregnancy-induced hypertension

Chest. 1991 Dec;100(6):1730-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.100.6.1730.

Abstract

Severe pulmonary edema occurred in a patient during the third trimester of two consecutive pregnancies, 17 months apart. Noncardiac origin of the pulmonary edema was demonstrated by normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, normal roentgenographic cardiac dimensions with absence of effusions, normal echocardiographic ejection fraction, and elevated thermodilution cardiac outputs; moderate reduction in serum albumin levels may have contributed. In the setting of pregnancy-induced hypertension, the development of ARDS on each occasion suggests a pathophysiologic link.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pre-Eclampsia / complications*
  • Pre-Eclampsia / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy Complications* / therapy
  • Pulmonary Edema / complications*
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Edema / therapy
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence