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BMJ Case Rep
March 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
A pregnant woman in her 20s presented with an excessive desire to smell a specific household cleaning product. She was found to have severe iron deficiency anaemia and her symptoms resolved following intravenous iron supplementation. She described symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath and olfactory cravings.
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August 2013
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Background: Pica is a commonly underappreciated disorder in pregnancy that can lead to several complications, including severe metabolic derangements and other adverse outcomes. We report a case of baking soda pica in pregnancy associated with both rhabdomyolysis and cardiomyopathy.
Case: A multigravid woman at 37 weeks of gestation presented with weakness and severe hypokalemia.
Nephrol News Issues
April 2004
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, USA.
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