T Tulandi1, F Béique, M Kimia. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of pulmonary edema after local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy. SETTING: University teaching hospital. PATIENT: A 24-year-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic myomectomy. INTERVENTION: Injection of vasopressin (10 mL of 0.5 U/mL) into the uterine wall overlying the myoma. RESULTS: Bradycardia, atrioventricular block, and pulmonary edema. CONCLUSIONS: The use of vasopressin can be associated with severe cardiopulmonary complications.
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of pulmonary edema after local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy. SETTING: University teaching hospital. PATIENT: A 24-year-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic myomectomy. INTERVENTION: Injection of vasopressin (10 mL of 0.5 U/mL) into the uterine wall overlying the myoma. RESULTS:Bradycardia, atrioventricular block, and pulmonary edema. CONCLUSIONS: The use of vasopressin can be associated with severe cardiopulmonary complications.