Preeclampsia is associated with asymptomatic global left ventricular abnormal function and geometry during the acute phase of the disorder. These subclinical abnormalities in cardiac findings are known to be important in cardiovascular risk stratification for nonpregnant patients. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have also demonstrated a relationship between preeclampsia and cardiac morbidi...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a new type of enveloped RNA coronavirus, causes wide spectrum clinical conditions. According to the current data, severity course disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection cannot be fully predicted in pregnancy. The case is presented point out that consequences preeclampsia with COVID19 pneumonia can dramatic and etiologically related. Infec...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare clinico-neuroradiologic condition, not commonly reported in the literature. PRES is an uncommon complication of severe preeclampsia/eclampsia. We report the management of one patient with postpartum preeclampsia as an association of HELLP syndrome presenting with status-epileptics. Early diagnosis along with timely supportive therapy...

Preeclampsia is the most common medical disorder of pregnancy [1]. Preeclampsia can present very early in pregnancy with hypertension and proteinuria. Preeclampsia includes a spectrum of clinical symptoms varying from subtle weight gain and swelling of the face and extremities to severe headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and visual impairment. Endothelial cell changes along with widesp...

AIM To assess the effectiveness of low-dose aspirin in the prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in high-risk pregnant women with abnormal findings at uterine artery Doppler velocimetry performed at 14-16 weeks. DESIGN Randomized controlled clinical trial. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The objective was to estimate the disease burden attributable to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in two referral hospitals in Uganda. METHODS Through a prospective cohort study conducted in Jinja and Mulago hospitals in Uganda from March 1, 2013 and February 28, 2014, hypertension-related cases we...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of 24-hour urinary protein and calcium for the prediction of preeclampsia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred normotensive women at 20-28 weeks' gestation were enrolled in the study. All women were asked to collect a 24-hour urine sample. Urinary protein and calcium were measured and expressed as milligrams per 24 hours. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive ...