OBJECTIVES To determine the plasma and erythrocyte zinc levels in women with preeclampsia and eclampsia after 28 weeks of gestation and compare with normal pregnancy and to correlate with the foetal outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS 150 antenatal women were divided into Study group A (75 women with preeclampsia or eclampsia); Control group B (75 women with normal pregnancy). Plasma and erythrocyt...

BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is defined as new onset of hypertension and proteinuria at gestational week 20 or after. However, use of these measures to predict preeclampsia before its clinical onset is unreliable, and evidence suggests that preeclampsia, eclampsia, or hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome may develop without hypertension or proteinuria being evide...

In the US, the routine use of magnesium sulfate for seizure prophylaxis in women with preeclampsia is an ingrained obstetric practice. During the past decade, several observational studies and randomized trials have described the use of various regimens of magnesium sulfate to prevent or reduce the rate of seizures and complications in women with preeclampsia. There are only 2 double-blind, pla...

OBJECTIVE Determine the risk factors and pregnancy outcomes of eclampsia in our institution. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors conducted a case-control study of 80 Thai pregnant women with eclampsia and 240 controls with mild preeclampsia who delivered at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand between 1995 and 2011. Information was abstracted on established and hypothesized ris...

Hospital Physician November 2007 25 P reeclampsia is a syndrome characterized by hypertension and proteinuria that occurs during the second and third trimester of pregnancy. It can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation, vasospasm, sodium retention, and seizures; the occurrence of seizures in a preeclamptic women marks the onset of eclampsia. Preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal ...

Gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension are common, and their relation is not well understood. The authors conducted a population-based case-control study using 1992-1998 Washington State birth certificate and hospital discharge records to investigate this relation. Consecutive cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension were divided into four groups based on International Classific...

a complicated and controversial subject in obstetrics i.e., toxemia of pregnancy is looked upon, both from an anesthesiological and obstetrical point of view. as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia involve immediate treatment and obstetric considerations, the choice between epidural and general anesthesia becomes necessary when cesarean section is contemplated. apart from the pathophysiology of the ves...

Preeclampsia is a relatively common hypertensive disorder during pregnancy. Preeclampsia occurs in about 5%15% of all pregnant women, may cause dangerous complication and even death in the mother and fetus (1). In 5% of all cases, preeclampsia can progress toward eclampsia, and up to 19% of the cases present with HELLP syndrome, maternal and perinatal mortality can be increased (2). Severe pree...

AIM To assess the frequency and types of histopathological changes in placentas from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia/eclampsia. METHODS Placentas routinely sent for pathological examination (n=1,689) were studied microscopically and compared to findings of 50 placentas from uncomplicated pregnancies. RESULTS Out of 1,689 placentas from singleton pregnancies, 279 (16.5%) were from pr...