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

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...

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...

Pre-Eclamptic Toxæmia of Pregnancy

Immunological studies in pre-eclamptic toxaemia.

Although five patients with severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET) had increased anticomplementary activity in their serum, there was no evidence of complement activation in the plasma of four of the five patients. These results are not implicated in the pathogenesis of PET. No significant correlation was found between anticomplementary activity and pregnancy-associated alpha2-glycoprotein.

Serum Magnesium Levels in Healthy Pregnant and Pre-Eclamptic Patients—A Cross-Section Study

Background: Pre-eclampsia complicates 2% 8% of pregnancies. Various efforts have been put forward for its prevention and treatment. Magnesium sulphate is presently the recommended drug for the prevention and treatment of eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia. Objectives: The study aimed to compare the serum magnesium in a healthy pregnant women and pre-eclamptic women. It determined demographic ch...

Posterior Reversible Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome in a Pre-Eclamptic Woman

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRLS) is a neurologic condition, often presents with various clinical manifestations. It is rare during pregnancy. We herein report a case of PRLS in a 31-year-old woman, presented with preeclampsia, diagnosed by computer tomography, and successfully delivered the baby with caesarean section. At discharge, patient was fully recovered without an...