1. Acute pulmonary edema secondary to long-term use of oral ritodrine in a woman with a triplet pregnancy.
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Findik S, Dirican A, Sengul B, Uzun O, Atici A, and Erkan L
- Subjects
- Acute Disease, Administration, Oral, Adult, Cesarean Section, Female, Humans, Obstetric Labor, Premature drug therapy, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Multiple, Pulmonary Edema diagnostic imaging, Respiratory Distress Syndrome chemically induced, Ritodrine administration & dosage, Tocolytic Agents administration & dosage, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Triplets, Pulmonary Edema chemically induced, Ritodrine adverse effects, Tocolytic Agents adverse effects
- Abstract
A 28-year-old primigravida who had taken oral ritodrine for 5 months to stop premature uterine contractions and was admitted in labor in the 33rd week of pregnancy developed acute pulmonary edema after cesarean section. Although parenteral ritodrine is the beta-adrenergic agent used most extensively to treat premature labor, only 1 case of pulmonary edema associated with long-term use of oral ritodrine had been reported so far. The present report presents for the first time computed tomographic findings of acute pulmonary edema secondary to tocolytic therapy.
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- 2007
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