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Emergency2 of 6 diagnoses compared
| CriteriaComparison detail | Postpartum psychosisEmergency |
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Psychotic or manic syndrome with abrupt change from baseline in the postpartum period.
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| Perinatal OCDEmergency |
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| Postnatal depressionEmergencyNot selected |
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| Bipolar relapseEmergencyNot selected |
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| DeliriumEmergencyNot selected |
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| PTSD after traumatic birthEmergencyNot selected |
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| Why it fits | Rapid-onset confusion, bizarre beliefs, hallucinations, marked mood lability, agitation, severe insomnia days-weeks after birth | Distressing intrusive images/urges of harming baby, compulsive avoidance, checking, reassurance seeking | Low mood, guilt, anhedonia, anxiety, poor bonding, hopelessness, impaired functioning after birth | Reduced need for sleep, overactivity, irritability, grandiosity, mood lability after delivery | Fluctuating attention, confusion, sepsis, haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, metabolic derangement | Flashbacks, dissociation, panic, avoidance of baby care/hospital triggers |
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| What argues against | Applies to the whole presentationReview locally. | |||||
| Must-not-miss | Risk to mother and infant, infanticidal/suicidal behaviour, severe sleep loss, refusal of care | Functional collapse, severe insomnia, hidden distress, comorbid depression | Suicidality, severe self-neglect, psychotic depression, inability to care for infant | Severe sleep deprivation | ||
| Bedside question | Applies to the whole presentationPsychotic or manic syndrome with abrupt change from baseline in the postpartum period. | |||||
| Immediate action | Applies to the whole presentationStabilise and reassess. | |||||
| Investigations | Applies to the whole presentationGuided by presentation. | |||||
| Mimics / overlap | Applies to the whole presentationReview overlap locally. | |||||
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Psychotic or manic syndrome with abrupt change from baseline in the postpartum period.
Stabilise and reassess.
Guided by presentation.
Review overlap locally.
Rapid-onset confusion, bizarre beliefs, hallucinations, marked mood lability, agitation, severe insomnia days-weeks after birth
Risk to mother and infant, infanticidal/suicidal behaviour, severe sleep loss, refusal of care
Distressing intrusive images/urges of harming baby, compulsive avoidance, checking, reassurance seeking
Functional collapse, severe insomnia
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| Sepsis, haemorrhage, eclampsia, thromboembolism, thyroid storm/myxoedema, medication toxicity |
| Self-harm, severe avoidance, bonding disruption |