TITLE:
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Case Report after a Caesarean Section Related to the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
AUTHORS:
Álvaro Ramiro Ruiz, Pilar Reboto Cortés, Ignacio García Sánchez, Juan Emilio Losa, Miguel Miró Murillo, Santiago García del Valle y Manzano
KEYWORDS:
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Pregnancy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.4 No.8,
August
15,
2014
ABSTRACT: During pregnancy, a cellular immunosuppressant
status is produced. It is characterized by anti-inflammatory cellular responses
that allow embryonic implantation. The reversal of these changes during the
postpartum period may result in overt clinical manifestations of otherwise quiescent
or latent infections. We present an Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
case after a caesarean section related to the Immune Reconstitution
Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in a Guinean black woman. The patient was treated
with large doses of corticosteroids showing a great clinical and radiological
improvement.