Eclampsia
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| ICD-10 | O15. |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 642.6 |
| DiseasesDB | 4068 |
| MedlinePlus | 000899 |
| eMedicine | med/633 |
Eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and is characterised by convulsions. Usually eclampsia occurs after the onset of pre-eclampsia though sometimes no pre-eclamptic symptoms are recognisable. The convulsions may appear before, during or after labour, though cases of eclampsia after just 20 weeks of pregnancy have been recorded.
[edit] Treatment
The treatment of seizures in eclampsia consists of:
- Prevention of convulsion
- Control the blood pressure
- Delivery of fetus
[edit] Bibliography
- Mayes, M., Sweet, B. R. & Tiran, D. (1997). Mayes' Midwifery - A Textbook for Midwives 12th Edition, pp. 533–545. Baillière Tindall. ISBN 0-7020-1757-4
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