Postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability in the parturient with recent amphetamine intake.
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.
Kuczkowski
Krzysztof Marek
KM
Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, USA. kmkuczkowski@gmail.com