Study on Foetal Outcome in Pre-eclamptic Mother

Neonatal outcome in pre-eclamptic patients.

BACKGROUND Pre-eclampsia (PE) is defined as hypertension (blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg on two occasion 4-6 hour apart or single reading of diastolic blood pressure of >110 mm Hg) and proteinuria developing after 20 weeks of pregnancy up to 6 weeks post partum in previously normotensive, non-proteinuric women. The aim of this study was to determine the neonatal outcome in babies born ofpre-ecl...

An Epidemiologic Study In 55 Pre-eclamptic and AS Eclamptic Patients In Rasht Maternity Hospital

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to analyse various possible risk factors and the laboratory findings in preeclamptic-eclamptic Patients in the only referral center for this kind of Patients in the province of Guilan ,whose capital city is Rasht . In this study only the patients having pure preeclampsia with or without convulsion (eclampsia)were included deliberately. Most of the patien...

Structural changes in pre-eclamptic and eclamptic placentas--an ultrastructural study.

OBJECTIVE To determine the ultrastructural changes of the placenta in women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia compared to the placenta of normotensive patients. STUDY DESIGN Comparative descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetrics Unit of North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka in 2004. METHODOLOGY Placentae of 10 normotensive women and 10 hypertensive women with pr...

Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in neonates born to pre-eclamptic mother.

OBJECTIVE Pre-eclampsia is a significant health problem and is the leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Low birth weight and prematurity are very common in pre-eclamptic mothers. Pre-eclampsia is associated with oxidative stress in the maternal circulation. To observe the effect of pre-eclampsia on neonates, this study was designed to explore oxidative stress and ant...

Pre-Eclamptic Toxæmia of Pregnancy