Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature

Ergometrine is recommended for use in the medical treatment of postpartum hemorrhage. Ergometrine can occasionally precipitate myocardial ischemia in the setting of significant anemia in women without preexisting cardiac risk factors, and it is important to recognize and treat myocardial ischemia in...

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Autores principales: Spencer, Stuart P. E., Lowe, Sandra A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31893076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2516
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spelling pubmed-69356582019-12-31 Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature Spencer, Stuart P. E. Lowe, Sandra A. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Ergometrine is recommended for use in the medical treatment of postpartum hemorrhage. Ergometrine can occasionally precipitate myocardial ischemia in the setting of significant anemia in women without preexisting cardiac risk factors, and it is important to recognize and treat myocardial ischemia in affected patients to prevent severe complications. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6935658/ /pubmed/31893076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2516 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title_full Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title_fullStr Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title_short Ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: Two case reports and a review of the literature
title_sort ergometrine for postpartum hemorrhage and associated myocardial ischemia: two case reports and a review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6935658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31893076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2516
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