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Puerperal psychosis mimicking eclampsia. 1996

A C Ranzini, and A S Vinekar, and C Houlihan, and J Scully, and S C Cho, and A Vintzileos
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick 08903-0591, USA.

Puerperal psychosis occurs after delivery in 1-2/1,000 births. It usually presents after delivery, however, it also may present in the antepartum period. We report the third case which presented prior to delivery without a preceding history of maternal puerperal psychosis and the first which presented with catatonia and symptoms of eclampsia. Although uncommon, the first presentation of psychosis during pregnancy should be considered part of the differential diagnosis in pregnant patients presenting with altered mental status after organic causes are excluded.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009846 Oliguria Decreased URINE output that is below the normal range. Oliguria can be defined as urine output of less than or equal to 0.5 or 1 ml/kg/hr depending on the age. Oligurias
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248 Pregnancy Complications Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases. Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D011618 Psychotic Disorders Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994) Psychoses,Psychosis, Brief Reactive,Schizoaffective Disorder,Schizophreniform Disorders,Psychosis,Brief Reactive Psychoses,Brief Reactive Psychosis,Disorder, Psychotic,Disorder, Schizoaffective,Disorder, Schizophreniform,Disorders, Psychotic,Disorders, Schizoaffective,Disorders, Schizophreniform,Psychoses, Brief Reactive,Psychotic Disorder,Reactive Psychoses, Brief,Reactive Psychosis, Brief,Schizoaffective Disorders,Schizophreniform Disorder
D011644 Puerperal Disorders Disorders or diseases associated with PUERPERIUM, the six-to-eight-week period immediately after PARTURITION in humans. Disorder, Puerperal,Disorders, Puerperal,Puerperal Disorder
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002389 Catatonia A neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by one or more of the following essential features: immobility, mutism, negativism (active or passive refusal to follow commands), mannerisms, stereotypies, posturing, grimacing, excitement, echolalia, echopraxia, muscular rigidity, and stupor; sometimes punctuated by sudden violent outbursts, panic, or hallucinations. This condition may be associated with psychiatric illnesses (e.g., SCHIZOPHRENIA; MOOD DISORDERS) or organic disorders (NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS, etc.). (From DSM-IV, 4th ed, 1994; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994) Catatonia, Malignant,Catatonia, Organic,Lethal Catatonia,Organic Catatonic Disorder,Schizophreniform Catatonia,Catatonia, Lethal,Catatonia, Schizophreniform,Catatonias,Catatonias, Lethal,Catatonias, Malignant,Catatonias, Organic,Catatonias, Schizophreniform,Catatonic Disorder, Organic,Catatonic Disorders, Organic,Lethal Catatonias,Malignant Catatonia,Malignant Catatonias,Organic Catatonia,Organic Catatonias,Organic Catatonic Disorders,Schizophreniform Catatonias
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004461 Eclampsia Onset of HYPERREFLEXIA; SEIZURES; or COMA in a previously diagnosed pre-eclamptic patient (PRE-ECLAMPSIA). Eclampsias
D005260 Female Females

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