Late Postpartum Eclampsia Revisited
作者:
SUZANNE LUBARSKY,
JOHN BARTON,
STEVEN FRIEDMAN,
SOUHA NASREDDINE,
MOHAMMED RAMADAN,
BAHA SIBAI,
期刊:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 83,
issue 4
页码: 502-505
ISSN:0029-7844
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Objective:To describe the clinical and neurologic findings in patients with late postpartum eclampsia (convulsions beginning more than 48 hours, but less than 4 weeks, after delivery).Methods:This study evaluated all patients with the diagnosis of late postpartum eclampsia managed at our institution between August 1977 and July 1992.Results:There were 54 cases of late postpartum eclampsia among a total of 334 cases of eclampsia during the study period. Late postpartum eclampsia constituted 56% of total postpartum eclampsia and 16% of all cases of eclampsia. Convulsions began from postpartum days 3‐23 (mean 6). Thirty women (56%) had been identified as preeclamptic before their convulsions. A history of either severe headache or visual disturbances before convulsion was elicited in 83% of the patients. During the study period, eight women not included in the study group had late postpartum seizures attributed to other causes.Conclusions:Severe headache or visual disturbance frequently antedates late postpartum eclampsia. Only eight of 62 patients with late postpartum seizures had identifiable etiologies other than eclampsia.(Obstet Gynecol 1994;83:502‐5)
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