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eclampsia

Convulsions occurring during pregnancy following pre-eclampsia.
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In a study of 103 women, white matter lesions were observed in 16 of 39 (41%) formerly eclamptic women, in 10 of 35 (29%) formerly preeclamptic women, and 5 of 29 (17%) women who had a nor-motensive pregnancy, lead investigator Annet Aukes and associates reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Eclampsia's neurologic damage may be permanent by Wendling Patrice / Clinical Psychiatry News
2) Pre-eclamptic and eclamptic patients are at risk from an exaggerated hypertensive response to intubation, potentially resulting in cerebrovascular haemorrhage or pulmonary oedema.
Several factors were involved in maternal deaths in the period ... by Lamacraft, Gillian / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
It was not clear from the forms whether the women who died had had eclamptic fits or pre-existing hypertension.
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