Eclampsia: Further reports

Should magnesium sulfate be administered to women with mild pre-eclampsia? A systematic review of published reports on eclampsia.

AIM Magnesium sulfate is an evidence-based anticonvulsant drug used to prevent and control eclampsia. Controversy persists on routine administration of magnesium sulfate in cases of pre-eclampsia without severe features. Our objective was to assess the pattern of blood pressure and maternal symptoms preceding eclamptic seizure based on the current published work. MATERIAL AND METHODS A compre...

The clinical features of the Cohen syndrome: further case reports.

We report the clinical features of six patients with the Cohen syndrome. The characteristic features include mental retardation, truncal obesity, prominent incisors, and tapering digits. Pelviureteric obstruction and epilepsy are reported as possible new features of this syndrome.

Reports of satanic ritual abuse: further implications about pseudomemories.

Eclampsia Precedes Pre-Eclampsia

Eclampsia is an extremely severe form of preeclampsia characterized by the sudden onset of generalized tonic clonic seizures. It may occur quite abruptly, without any warning manifestations. This is a case report where Mrs.X was normotensive throughout her pregnancy who underwent emergency cesarean section for cephalo pelvic disproportion and threw generalized tonic clonic seizures on the first...

Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.

The mainstay of the management of severe pre-eclampsia is early referral, stabilization of the mother with antihypertensive therapy and anticonvulsants if required, full assessment of the mother and the baby, and delivery on the best day in the best way. It is to be remembered that delivery is the long-term cure, but most women get worse after delivery and most maternal deaths occur postpartum....