The prognoses for pregnant women and foetus in puerperal eclampsia
- Author:
Ngo Van Tai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
puerperal eclampsia
- MeSH:
prognoses;
pregnant women;
Eclampsia;
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2003;24(4):63-68
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From Oct 2000 to Jan 2003, 64 patients with puerperal eclampsy among 572 pregnant women with pregnant intoxication were studied. A majority of cases was young women and the most common age was 18-25 (48.4%). Most of the patients (62.5%) had the first pregnancy of a fetal age of 31-34 weeks (55%) and < 30 weeks. Eclampsy caused high rate of complications for the mother and the fetus, among them, liver failure and kidney failure were the most common in mother, premature birth and neonatal death in the baby. Pregnant termination by surgery in combining with MgSO4.
