Postpartum Hemorrhage with Pulmonary Edema

Surapong K.,M.D.,Pungpoonsub W.,M.D.

Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330

  A patient in premature labour was treated with an oral salbutamol for 68 hours before delivery by cesarean section. Postpartum hemorrhage had occurred . Prostaglandin E2 was given to stop uterine bleeding. Severe vasoconstriction and pulmonary edema was found postoperatively. We discuss the pharmacologic implications of these drugs and the possibilities of these complications.