Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Preeclampsia and eclampsia are among the most common causes of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Clinically, PRES is characterised by visual disturbances, headache, nausea, change in mental status and seizure. Although treatment of the underlying cause provides clinical and radiological...

Preeclampsia is a clinical syndrome defined as the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria during the second half of pregnancy.1 It afflicts 3% to 5% of pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially in developing countries.2,3 Because the only known remedy is delivery of the placenta, in developed countries preeclampsia is an important cause of premature delivery, usual...

Preeclampsia is a clinical syndrome defined as the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria during the second half of pregnancy.1 It afflicts 3% to 5% of pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially in developing countries.2,3 Because the only known remedy is delivery of the placenta, in developed countries preeclampsia is an important cause of premature delivery, usual...

UNLABELLED Until now, there is no systematic information on the role of endothelial dysfunction in the mechanisms of disorders of blood coagulation potential and microcirculation in different organs and tissues in preeclampsia. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to extend the existing principles of diagnosis of pre-eclampsia by establishing the role of endothelial dysfunction in the mechanisms of blood co...

La preeclampsia es un trastorno del embarazo asociado con hipertensión gestacional y disfunción de órganos diana. Los pacientes eclampsia, por definición, tienen convulsiones como parte síndrome clínico. Sin embargo, las también pueden tener otros síntomas déficits neurológicos. Ambos trastornos asociarse anomalías radiográficas similares a encefalopatía posterior reversible, lo que sugiere una...

OBJECTIVE To identify important clinical correlates of stroke in patients with preeclampsia and eclampsia. METHODS The case histories of 28 patients who sustained a stroke in association with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia were scrutinized with particular attention to blood pressures. RESULTS Stroke occurred antepartum in 12 patients, postpartum in 16. Stroke was classified as hemorrhagi...

BACKGROUND The primary objective of this study was to determine if elevated antiphospholipid antibody titers were correlated with the presence of preeclampsia/eclampsia, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), placental insufficiency, and a prolonged length of stay (PLOS), in women who delivered throughout Florida, USA. METHODS Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using a statewide hospital da...

Hypertension is one of the common medical disorders of pregnancy and is reported to complicate up to 1 in 10 gestations. Altered utero-placental blood flow has long been the focus of the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may be important in mediating the endothelial response that occurs in preeclampsia. The pathophysiology of preeclampsia remains largely...

Introduction: Preeclampsia is a severe life event that has the potential to alter woman's quality of life. This study sought determine among women with preeclampsia.
 Method: uses descriptive study. Using total sampling methods, participants diagnosed and hospitalized preeclampsia were invited complete survey about their demographics Quality Life Instrument for Chronic Disease - Hypertensi...