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Successful use of continuous veno‐venous haemofiltration to treat profound fluid retention in severe peripartum cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
BEARDS S. C.,
FREEBAIRN R. C.,
Lipman J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peripartum cardiomyopathy , diuresis , inotrope , concomitant , hemofiltration , heart failure , anesthesia , hemodynamics , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , surgery , renal function , hemodialysis
Summary The use of continuous veno‐venous haemofiltration after failure of conventional treatment in a patient with severe peripartum cardiomyapathy is described. Treatment with inotropes and diuretics failed to produce a diuresis despite the presence of severe fluid overload. Haemofiltration over a 9‐day period allowed removal of 171 of fluid with a concomitant improvement in haemodynamic function and a spontaneous diuresis.