Management of labor in Eisenmenger syndrome with inhaled nitric oxide.
Administration of nitric oxide by means of inhalation during the labor of a woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome caused by an atrial septal defect resulted in improved oxygenation and initial pulmonary arterial pressure. She gave birth to a live infant at 34 weeks' gestation but died of worsening pulmonary hypertension and heart failure 21 days post partum.
Lust
K M
KM
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
Boots
R J
RJ
Dooris
M
M
Wilson
J
J
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D001510:Bed Rest; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy
D009569:Nitric Oxide; D010121:Oxytocin; D006493:Heparin; D010100:Oxygen