Nonobstetric conditions causing hypoxia during pregnancy: asthma and epilepsy

Article Abstract:

While most pregnant women with asthma or epilepsy can successfully deliver healthy newborns they need to be alert to labored breathing patterns and irregular heartbeats and engage in ongoing preventive strategies. Early intervention can help prevent further complications. Asthma treatment during pregnancy can range from inhalants, oxygen or corticosteroid therapy, or hospitalization depending on an attack's severity. Minimal or no treatment for epileptic seizures may be recommended depending on the seizure's severity. Vitamin K and folate dietary supplements may be recommended for pregnant epileptic patients.

Asthma, Epilepsy, Fetal anoxia

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Pregnancy complicated by vesical calculus and vesicocutaneous fistula

Article Abstract:

Large bladder stones may be a rare complication of pregnancy. A 22-year-old woman had experienced several urinary tract infections. At 38 weeks of pregnancy, she had severe abdominal pain and was unable to urinate. A large mass in the vagina blocked the birth canal and the urethra, so a cesarean section was performed. The patient had a healthy baby boy. Doctors then found and removed a seven centimeter calcium phosphate stone inside the bladder. Complications one month after surgery revealed an opening between the bladder and the skin, which was managed with an indwelling catheter.

Fistula, Fistulas, Bladder, Bladder stones

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Acute pancreatitis and preeclampsia-eclampsia: a case report

Article Abstract:

The pancreas may become inflamed in pregnant women with severe preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy involving hypertension and protein in the urine. A 21-year-old woman required an emergency cesarean section at 31 weeks of pregnancy because of severe preeclampsia. She experienced an eclamptic seizure two hours after delivery. A CT scan of her abdomen showed extra fluid in the pancreas, and high pancreatic enzyme levels indicated the pancreas was inflamed. Pancreatic inflammation may be a rare complication of preeclampsia that involves liver damage.

Preeclampsia, Pancreatitis

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