Nicardipine-Induced Acute Pulmonary Edema: A Rare but Severe Complication of Tocolysis

Table 1

Clinical and paraclinical characteristics in our series.

	Age	Term	Pregnancy	ECG	BNP; (ng/L)	Troponin	TTE; LVEG	TTE; LVFP	TTE; PH	N-APE; time
Case  1	31	33 WA + 1 d	G1P0	N	2474	ND	70%		Yes	60 h
Case  2	28	26 WA + 1 d	G3P1, TwP	N	3686	ND	>60%		Yes	24 h
Case  3	28	29 WA + 5 d	G2P0	N	660	N	N	N	Yes	96 h
Case  4	35	34 WA	G2P0, IVF	N	ND	N	70%	N	No	72 h

WA: weeks of amenorrhea; ECG: electrocardiography; TTE: thoracic echocardiography; LVEG: LV ejection fraction; LVFP: LV filling pressures; PH: pulmonary hypertension; N-APE time: time between treatment initiation and acute pulmonary edema occurrence; TwP: twin pregnancy; IVF: in vitro fertilization; N: normal; ND: not done.