Publication: Eclampsia : a hospital based retrospective study
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | P, Choudhary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-13T06:10:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-13T06:10:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim and objective: This study was done to see the incidence, epidemiology , clinical profile of eclamptic patients and the effect of current intervention strategy for Eclampsia on maternal and perinatal outcome. Methodology: Analysis of case records of all Eclampsia cases from mid-April,2000 to mid-April,2001. Results: Incidence of Eclampsia has was found to be 2.9 per 1000 deliveries. Eclampsia was primarily a disease of young women (97.22%) and nulliparas (80.85%). Approximately half of eclamptic patients had some antenatal care(55.31%)and majority of them had fits before the onset of labor(70.21%). Most eclamptic patients presented with fits at term pregnancy (72.34%).About three fourth of them started fitting at home (74.46%) but one fourth had first fit while already admitted in the hospital(25.53%). Caesarean section was common mode of delivery(55.31%). There was no maternal death. Majority of patients stopped fitting once intervention was started (80.85%) and went home within three weeks (95.73%). One fifth of babies died [stillbirths (14%), neonatal deaths (6%)]. Conclusion: It appears that current intervention strategy for eclampsia in the maternity hospital is effective in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity but perinatal outcome still needs to be improved. Key words: Eclampsia, Maternal outcome, perinatal outcome, magnesium sulphate. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/126 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.title | Eclampsia : a hospital based retrospective study | |
| dc.type | Article | |
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| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 241 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 237 | |
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