Dyspnea in pregnancy

Shih-Yi Lee; Ding-Kuo Chien; Chien-Hsuan Huang; Shou-Chuan Shih; Wei-Cheng Lee; Wen-Han Chang

doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2017.04.035

Dyspnea in pregnancy

Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Aug;56(4):432-436. doi: 10.1016/j.tjog.2017.04.035.

Authors

Shih-Yi Lee¹, Ding-Kuo Chien², Chien-Hsuan Huang³, Shou-Chuan Shih⁴, Wei-Cheng Lee⁵, Wen-Han Chang⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation, Tai-En Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: branden888@gmail.com.

PMID: 28805596
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2017.04.035

Abstract

Dyspnea in pregnancy is common. It can result from adaption to body changes in pregnancy and also from complications therein. Understanding the mechanisms of change in the respiratory system during pregnancy helps with the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in normal pregnancy as opposed to pathological dyspnea.

Keywords: Pulmonary function test; Respiration; Ventilation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Lung / physiopathology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology*
Respiratory Function Tests