Plasmodium vivax Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma in Preeclampsia
Published: April 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/25529.9710
Richa Sharma, Amita Suneja, Anu Yadav, Kiran Guleria
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
2. Director Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
4. Director Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Richa Sharma,
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
E-mail: gautamdrricha1@gmail.com
Malaria during pregnancy can cause various feto-maternal complications. Life threatening respiratory involvement is rare with vivax malaria but common with Plasmodium falciparum. In most of the cases severe respiratory involvement occurs, after beginning of anti-malarial treatment. We are reporting a case which involved a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, as the pregnant woman with severe preeclampsia developed acute respiratory distress, actually caused by Plasmodium vivax.
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