Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2758567 | International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThis case describes an apparently healthy 21-year-old parturient who presented at term with a prolapsed cord requiring immediate cesarean section. She experienced postoperative seizures. After a presumptive diagnosis of eclampsia, magnesium sulfate was given. During a complicated postoperative course, ventilatory failure necessitating multiple intubations eventually led to a new diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. This report describes how the signs and symptoms of myasthenia gravis may mimic post-partum eclampsia as well as worsen the side effects of magnesium therapy.
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Authors
J.N. Mueksch, W.A. Stevens,