Eclampsia:
is an acute disorder characterized by clonic
🔹Clinical course:
caused in some way by hypertension induce
Depending on whether convulsions first app
or in the puerperium, eclampsia is designate
🔹Frequency:
intrapartum (50%), or postpartum (25%).
Approximately 5% of pregnancies are comp
these patients, 0.5-2% progress to eclampsia
🔻
women of low socioeconomic status, extrem
Both preeclampsia and eclampsia accoun
fetal morbidity and mortality.
Clinical course:
Almost without exception, preeclampsia pre
Headache, visual disturbance, and epigastric
are symptoms that should excite grave conc
Apprehension ,excitability, and hyperreflexia
although a convulsion may occur in their ab
-The convulsive movements usually begin ab
facial twitching. After a few seconds the wh
generalized muscular contraction.
-During the clonic stage the muscles alterna
succession, irregular respiratory movements
usually cyanotic.
During this stage the patient may throw hers
and may bite her tongue.
-After 1 or 2 minutes these seizures stop and
consciousness but continues to be disoriente
period of time- minutes to hours (postictal s
Eclampsia
is an acute disorder characterized by clonic
🔹Clinical course:
caused in some way by hypertension induce
Depending on whether convulsions first app
or in the puerperium, eclampsia is designate
🔹Frequency:
intrapartum (50%), or postpartum (25%).
Approximately 5% of pregnancies are comp
these patients, 0.5-2% progress to eclampsia
🔻
women of low socioeconomic status, extrem
Both preeclampsia and eclampsia accoun
fetal morbidity and mortality.
Clinical course:
Almost without exception, preeclampsia pre
Headache, visual disturbance, and epigastric
are symptoms that should excite grave conc
Apprehension ,excitability, and hyperreflexia
although a convulsion may occur in their ab
-The convulsive movements usually begin ab
facial twitching. After a few seconds the wh
generalized muscular contraction.
-During the clonic stage the muscles alterna
succession, irregular respiratory movements
usually cyanotic.
During this stage the patient may throw hers
and may bite her tongue.
-After 1 or 2 minutes these seizures stop and
consciousness but continues to be disoriente
period of time- minutes to hours (postictal s
Eclampsia
