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Postpartum pleural effusion
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06576.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 95, Issue 9, pages 894–897, September 1988
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UDESHI, U. L., McHUGO, J. M. and CRAWFORD, J. S. (1988), Postpartum pleural effusion. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 894–897. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06576.x
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- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
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Summary. A prospective ultrasound study investigated the reportedly high frequency of asymptomatic pleural effusions in the early post-partum period. The pleural space of 50 women within 1–45 h of delivery was scanned with a real-time sector scanner. Only one woman had a pleural effusion. This patient had severe pre-eclampsia with clinically apparent pulmonary oedema. Our findings do not substantiate the previously reported high frequency of pleural fluid in healthy women immediately after delivery.