title: Acute pulmonary edema secondary to long-term use of oral ritodrine in a woman with a triplet pregnancy.
abstract: A 28-year-old primigravida who had taken oral ritodrine for 5 months to stop premature uterine contractions and was admitted in labor in the 33rd week of pregnancy developed acute pulmonary edema after cesarean section. Although parenteral ritodrine is the beta-adrenergic agent used most extensively to treat premature labor, only 1 case of pulmonary edema associated with long-term use of oral ritodrine had been reported so far. The present report presents for the first time computed tomographic findings of acute pulmonary edema secondary to tocolytic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, TR-55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey. serhatf@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Findik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dirican
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sengul
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atici
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Erkan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D012312:Ritodrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015149:Tocolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014310:Triplets
chemical_list: D015149:Tocolytic Agents; D012312:Ritodrine