Juniper Publishers : Sheehan's Syndrome Presenting with Hypothermia and Hypoglycemia after Uterine Rupture during Labor
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers Authored by Shin-Yu Lin* Background Sheehan's syndrome (SS) is a parturition-related pituitary disease resulting from severe postpartum hemorrhage and can present with varying degrees of pituitary insufficiency. However, Sheehan's syndrome though rare is still one of the commonest causes of hypopituitarism in developing countries. We present a case of hypovolemic shock due to uterine rupture found during labor who presented with hypothermia and hypoglycemia one week after delivery. Case Report This 39-year-old pregnant woman, gravid-2, para-1, was found rupture of membranes at 39+6 gestational weeks. Neither fetal anomaly nor maternal complication was found prenatally. She had a history of previous Caesarean section due to cephlopelvic disprop