Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Role of nitroglycerine as tocolytic agent during double valve replacement surgery in pregnant patient with successful fetal outcome

  • Author:
  • Hariom Khandelwal1, Kunal Singh2,, Shikha Agarwal3, Ashutosh Singh2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 416 to 418

1Senior Resident, Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences

2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences

3Senior Resident, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences

*Corresponding Author: Email: drkunalsingh@outlook.com

Online published on 14 October, 2017.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is an important non-obstetric cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. Cardiac surgery during pregnancy is usually well tolerated by mother but the fetal outcome is variable. Here we have described the use of nitroglycerine as a tocolytic in a patient who underwent double valve replacement in the second trimester of pregnancy with successful fetal outcome.

Keywords

Nitroglycerine, Tocolytic agent, Double valve replacement surgery, Pregnancy