en Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine گزارش موردی Case Report Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 390.918px; transform: scaleX(0.903803);">Acute pulmonary edema affects 0.08% to 1.5% of women during pregnancy and </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 408.118px; transform: scaleX(0.915189);">during the postpartum period, and preeclampsia/eclampsia is a major obstetric cause </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 425.318px; transform: scaleX(0.935482);">of acute pulmonary edema. We present a case of a 23</span><span style="left: 702.567px; top: 425.318px;">-</span><span style="left: 707.567px; top: 425.318px; transform: scaleX(0.920893);">year</span><span style="left: 733.367px; top: 425.318px;">-</span><span style="left: 738.367px; top: 425.318px; transform: scaleX(0.964128);">old nulliparous woman </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 442.518px; transform: scaleX(0.931744);">who was referred to</span><span style="left: 496.317px; top: 442.518px; transform: scaleX(0.934767);">tertiary medical center for preterm labor and dyspnea</span><span style="left: 821.167px; top: 442.518px; transform: scaleX(1.14625);"> (M</span><span style="left: 839.367px; top: 442.518px; transform: scaleX(0.928696);">ousavi </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 459.718px; transform: scaleX(0.981053);">Hospital)</span><span style="left: 427.883px; top: 459.718px; transform: scaleX(0.933642);">. The patient complained of having suddenly developed respiratory distress </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 477.118px; transform: scaleX(0.878864);">and a decrease in O</span><span style="left: 487.883px; top: 482.373px;">2</span><span style="left: 496.317px; top: 477.118px; transform: scaleX(0.945);">saturation following the administration of magnesium sulfate. A </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 494.318px; transform: scaleX(0.891697);">chest radiograph taken at bedside s</span><span style="left: 613.717px; top: 494.318px; transform: scaleX(0.927924);">howed widespread interstitial shadowing </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 511.518px; transform: scaleX(0.931865);">consistent with pulmonary edema. The patient was given prompt treatment, and she </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 528.718px; transform: scaleX(0.881912);">achieved full recovery. Pharmacological agents are one of the defendants used for </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 546.118px; transform: scaleX(0.961584);">lung edema during pregnancy. It is important to pay a</span><span style="left: 700.167px; top: 546.118px; transform: scaleX(0.951518);">ttention to lung edema due to </span><span style="left: 371.883px; top: 563.318px; transform: scaleX(0.964836);">tocolytic administration.</span></span></span></p> Magnesium sulfate, Pulmonary edema, Tocolytic, Pregnancy 43 46 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4461-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Reza Zeraati mohammadrezazeraati@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460051656 5200319475328460051656 No Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mousavi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Taraneh Naghibi tnaghibi@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460051657 5200319475328460051657 Yes Center for Development of Clinical Research, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran