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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;46(10):2088-2091. Published online October 1, 2003.
A Case of Normal Vaginal Delivery in the Pregnant Woman after Treatment of Pulmonary Edema During Dextran Therapy of the Sudden Deafness.
Seong Taek Mun, Hae Hyeog Lee, Tae Hee Kim, Do Hyeoung Koo, Kwon Hae Lee, Yil Ku Shim, Kye Hyun Nam, Sang Heon Cha, In Sook Cho, Im Soon Lee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea.
Abstract
Dextran of a low molecular weight (dextran 40) is frequently used to improve regional perfusion after surgery in spite of the potentially serious complications such as noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, oliguric renal failure, and coagulopathy that have been widely reported. Dextran is used to improve cochlear microcirculation in sudden deafness of vascular origin, but the frequency of complications is rarely reported in the field of otolaryngology. We reviewed the literature of a case we experienced in which a pregnant woman, after recovering from pulmonary edema caused by treatment for sudden deafness with dextran, had a successful vaginal delivery.

Keywords :Sudden deafness;Dextran;Pulmonary edema;Pregnant woman

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