title: Pulmonary edema in obstetrics.
abstract: This article reviews the pathophysiologic changes of pregnancy and pulmonary edema, the clinical findings and diagnostic techniques available to diagnose this condition, and it discusses those areas of obstetrics commonly associated with pulmonary edema. A treatment approach is offered that focuses on the maternal and fetal considerations associated with pulmonary edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, California.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Phelan
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy