Postpartum Shortness of Breath: A challenging case to manage and diagnose in the era of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Muhammad Jamshaid; Huma Munir; Shireen Suliman

doi:10.22541/au.161675877.73031520/v1

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Postpartum Shortness of Breath: A challenging case to manage and diagnose in the era of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Muhammad Jamshaid,
Huma Munir,
Shireen Suliman

Abstract

Shortness of breath after childbirth is not an uncommon presentation to Emergency Department. Differentials can be divided broadly into cardiac and non-cardiac causes. We encountered a case with postpartum shortness of breath, she was managed as a case of iatrogenic pulmonary edema with diuretics.