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Postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability in the parturient with recent amphetamine intake

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Amphetamine is one of the most common substances abused in pregnancy and one of the most potent sympathomimetic amines with respect to stimulatory effects on the central nervous system. I present a case of an amphetamine abusing parturient who developed postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability initially mistaken for eclampsia.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, TX, USA

    Krzysztof Marek Kuczkowski

  2. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Krzysztof Marek Kuczkowski

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Kuczkowski, K.M. Postpartum convulsions and acute hemodynamic instability in the parturient with recent amphetamine intake. Arch Gynecol Obstet 280, 1059–1061 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1065-5

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