Background Pre-eclampsia and the subsequent eclampsia account for a common cause of maternal mortality worldwide and efforts aimed at reducing its menace are vital. Objective To estimate the serum magnesium levels in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and to study the effect of using different regimens of magnesium sulphate. Methods 70 cases of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and 35 normal pregnant women ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between some thrombophilic parameters and pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). METHODS The study took place at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Turkey, between January 2002 and December 2002. We evaluated 202 patients. Patients were divided into 2 groups: control group comprised...

BACKGROUND Thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity are relatively common in reproductive age and have been associated with adverse health outcomes for both mother and child, including hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. Objective. To survey the relation between thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity and incidence and severity of pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders. METHOD In this case co...

The authors examined the association of gestational hypertensive disorders (hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia) with adult cognitive function among men born in 1978-1983 in a well-defined geographic area of northern Denmark. Data from the Danish Medical Birth Registry, the Danish National Registry of Patients, and draft board records were linked. Cognitive function was measured at conscripti...

Objectives: Hypertensive disorders occur in approximately 12% to 22% of pregnancies and cause substantial perinatal morbidity mortality both mother fetus. disease is directly responsible for 20% maternal deaths can be classified as chronic hypertension, gestational preeclampsia-eclampsia, hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia. At present, the pathogenesis preeclampsia still unclear, we wr...

Preeclampsia is an important complication in pregnancy, characterized by hypertension and proteinuria in the second half of pregnancy. Generalized activation of the inflammatory response is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Monocytes may play a central role in this inflammatory response. Monocytes are short lived cells that mature in the circulation and invade into ti...

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disease in pregnancy which systolic/diastolic 140/90 mmHg and proteinuria 300 mg/24 hours after 20 weeks gestation. According to WHO 2015, the incidence of preeclampsia was 0,51%-38,4%. In Indonesia, eclampsia cause 30%-40% maternal deaths. Age obesity are part risk factors for preeclampsia. This study aims determine relationship between age with pregnant women. I...