Abstract:Background
Acute post-partum dyspnea configures an obstetric challenge with multiple differential diagnosis.
Case presentation
We present a case of a previous healthy woman with preeclampsia who developed severe dyspnea 30 h after delivery. She complained of cough, orthopnea, and bilateral lower extremities oedema. She denied headaches, blurry vision, nausea, vomiting, fever or chills. Auscultation revealed a diastolic murmur, and was compatible wi… Show more
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