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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
Muhammad Jamshaid
Hamad Medical Corporation

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Huma Munir
Shaikh Zayed Hospital
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Shireen Suliman
Hamad Medical Corporation
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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.