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.