Acute pulmonary oedema as a complication of hypertension during pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE
To determine rates of and potential causative factors for acute pulmonary oedema (APO) in hypertensive women.


METHODS
Statistical analysis, including logistic regression, was applied to the individual patient data (IPD) of all hypertensive women who delivered in 2005 at two comparable units.


RESULTS
Of 880 cases analysed, there were no women with APO in unit one and 19 women in unit two. The women with APO received larger quantities of intravenous fluids, delivered at earlier gestations, via Caesarean section, following failed induction of labour and had a longer hospital stay.


CONCLUSIONS
The development of APO in women with hypertension during pregnancy is associated with high levels of intravenous fluid administration.
Thornton
Charlene E
CE
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, Sydney, Australia. charlene.thornton@uws.edu.au
von Dadelszen
Peter
P
Makris
Angela
A
Tooher
Jane M
JM
Ogle
Robert F
RF
Hennessy
Annemarie
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies