title: Postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability in the parturient with recent amphetamine intake.
abstract: Amphetamine is one of the most common substances abused in pregnancy and one of the most potent sympathomimetic amines with respect to stimulatory effects on the central nervous system. I present a case of an amphetamine abusing parturient who developed postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability initially mistaken for eclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, USA. kmkuczkowski@gmail.com
authors.forename: Krzysztof Marek
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kuczkowski