Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis necessitating therapeutic termination of a first trimester pregnancy
Bahrain Medical Bulletin. 2003; 25 (3): 136-137
in English
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| ID: emr-61660
ABSTRACT
Twenty-seven years old Bahraini lady, known to be suffering with fibrosing alveolitis for some eight years, presented to the accident and emergency department of Salmaniya Medical Complex. Recently her respiratory function had deteriorated and she had become house-bound on home oxygen therapy and nebulizers. She was taking Prednisolone tablets and Immuran. She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit [ICU] in extreme respiratory distress for the past two days. While she was in the hospital, she complained of breast tenderness and supra pubic pain, her period being twenty days overdue. BIICG pregnancy test proved to be positive. Management and outcome of her case is herewith discussed
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Respiratory Insufficiency
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Pregnancy
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Abortion, Therapeutic
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Bahrain Med. Bull.
Year:
2003
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