Pulmonary edema: a complication of local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of pulmonary edema after local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy.


METHODS
University teaching hospital.


METHODS
A 24-year-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic myomectomy.


METHODS
Injection of vasopressin (10 mL of 0.5 U/mL) into the uterine wall overlying the myoma.


RESULTS
Bradycardia, atrioventricular block, and pulmonary edema.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of vasopressin can be associated with severe cardiopulmonary complications.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Kimia
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D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery; D009215:Myometrium / Q000601:surgery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014667:Vasopressins