Aspiration Pneumonitis Causing Respiratory Collapse in a Pregnant Patient Not in Labor.

CONCLUSION: Clinicians should consider aspiration pneumonitis in the gravid patient who develops acute shortness of breath, even in the absence of active labor or receipt of anesthesia. PMID: 31503154 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31503154?dopt=Abstract

Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology - September 9, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Westerfield KL, Bhavsar AK, Green S Tags: Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research