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- Anthony W Winston and David Norman.
- Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program, Naval School of Health Sciences, Portsmouth, Va., USA.
- AANA J. 2003 Oct 1;71(5):371-2.
AbstractPreeclampsia developed in this patient 4 days' postpartum. Visual changes, headache, and elevated blood pressures were present on arrival to the emergency department. Coincident with the preeclampsia was a postdural puncture headache complicating the diagnosis of late postpartum preeclampsia. Pregnancy-induced hypertension laboratory values were normal, and relief of the postdural headache and visual disturbances was obtained after placement of an epidural blood patch. Blood pressures continued to increase, however, and late postpartum eclampsia developed. We conclude that symptoms of a postdural puncture headache can mimic those of postpartum preeclampsia. Early recognition and treatment of postpartum preeclampsia may decrease patient mortality and morbidity by preventing late postpartum eclampsia.
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