Pre-eclampsia

Pre-eclampsia

Pre-ecplamsia is an acute disease state in pregnant women, and is a leading cause of maternal mortality. Death results from failure to treat the pre-eclampsia, leading to Eclampsia with resulting Stroke, Liver rupture and pulmonary oedema[1].

Symptoms

-A main feature characterising pre-eclampsia is maternal hypertension with systolic BP >140mmHg.

-Headaches

-Visual Disturbances [1]

References

[1].Mol, B., Roberts, C., Thangaratinam, S., Magee, L., de Groot, C. and Hofmeyr, G. (2015). Pre-eclampsia. The Lancet.