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Pulmonary edema induced by calcium-channel blockade for tocolysis
Laurence Bal1, Stéphane Thierry, Elsa Brocas
1Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Evry, France.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|August 31, 2004
Abstract:
Nicardipine is used in the treatment of premature labor. There are no previous reports in the anesthesia literature of serious side effects associated with this drug. We report a case of pulmonary edema induced by nicardipine therapy for tocolysis in a pregnant 27-yr-old patient admitted to our hospital for preterm labor with intact membranes at 27 wk of gestation.