Affiliation:
1. Katuri Medical College.
Abstract
Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by
the onset of high blood pressure and often a significant
amount of protein in the urine .When it arises , the condition
begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Clinically , Preeclampsia presents as a new onset
hypertension in a previously normotensive woman , with
systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings of more than
140 and more than 90mmhg respectively on two separate
occasions that are at least 6 hours apart together with
proteinuria that develops after 20 weeks of gestation
.Preeclampsia affects 5 to 7 percent of all pregnant women
but is responsible for over 70,000 maternal deaths and 5000
foetal deaths worldwide every year .
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