The prevalence of pleural effusions in pre‐eclampsia: an ultrasound study | Zendy

WALLIS M. G. | Zendy; McHUGO J. M. | Zendy; CARRUTHERS D. A. | Zendy; CRAWFORD J. SELWYN | Zendy

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The prevalence of pleural effusions in pre‐eclampsia: an ultrasound study

Author(s) -

WALLIS M. G.,

McHUGO J. M.,

CARRUTHERS D. A.,

CRAWFORD J. SELWYN

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1471-0528

pISSN - 1470-0328

DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb02418.x

Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , pleural effusion , ultrasound , prospective cohort study , obstetrics , proteinuria , pregnancy , radiology , surgery , genetics , biology , kidney

Summary A prospective ultrasound study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of pleural effusion in patients with moderate or severe pre‐eclampsia. The costophrenic angles of 34 consecutive patients were scanned postpartum with a real‐time sector scanner. Six patients had pleural effusions. These patients did not have a greater degree of hypertension or proteinuria than the group without pleural effusion but had early severe disease requiring early delivery. The prematurity of these infants resulted in tenfold increase in perinatal death.

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