Complications of (pre)eclampsia may involve multiple systems and organs. Neurological symptoms may occur. Visual symptoms concern up to 25% the of patients with severe preeclampsia and 50% of the patients with eclampsia. An uncommon effect of severe preeclampsia is sudden blindness. Blindness may be part of a clinical and radiological presentation named Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndr...

Background: Severe preeclampsia is a quite well-known entity with high incidence of both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Although little is known about its etiology, inherited disorders of hemostasis and antiphospholipid syndrome have been postulated as common causes. The present study was conducted to evaluate the association of these two entities with preeclampsia in a group of Ir...

BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder that is associated with an increase in blood pressure and proteinuria; in severe cases, it can cause platelet abnormalities. Silymarin is the extract of Silybum marianum, which is recognized as a safe antioxidant drug. OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of Silymarin on the improvement of severe preeclampsia in 60 patients with severe pre...

Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) treatment has been recommended for pregnant women with previous adverse pregnancy and who were diagnosed as having a thrombophilia. We now examined the effect of LMWH on pregnant women without thrombophilias who had severe pregnancy complications and placental vasculopathy in an earlier pregnancy. Seventy-two women with a history of severe preeclampsia, fetal...

Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder which still the leading cause of maternal death today. The occurrence seizures in preeclampsia (eclampsia) increases risk and perinatal morbidity mortality. Therefore, seizure should be prevented managed accurateely.The standard therapy for managing severe preeclampsia/eclampsia use an anticonvulsant that aimed to prevent/stop seizures, prevent recurrence ...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia contribute to the death of a pregnant woman every three minutes. AIM To determine the demographic risk factors and values of blood pressure to predict preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Demographic and clinical features of 300 normotensive pregnant women aged 28 ± 5 years and 100 preeclamptic women aged 28 ± 6 years, were assessed. Women wit...