ECLAMPSIA

ĭklămpˈsēə, term applied to toxic complications that can occur late in pregnancy. Toxemia of pregnancy occurs in 10% to 20% of pregnant women; symptoms include headache, vertigo, visual disturbances, vomiting, hypertension, and edema. The four categories of hypertension during pregnancy are pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, chronic hypertension, and transient hypertension. Pre-eclampsia, which occurs late in pregnancy, is characterized by decreased cardiac output and increased blood vessel resistance. It may be prevented with calcium supplements and low-dose aspirin, and a cesarian section is often safer than natural childbirth. Only 5% of of women with pre-eclampsia progress to eclampsia, which is accompanied by convulsions and coma. To avoid renal and cardiovascular damage of the mother and to prevent fetal damage, the condition is treated by termination of pregnancy.

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books on: Eclampsia  - 158 results

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When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death
Book by Nancy Kohner, Alix Henley; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Bereavement--Psychological Aspects, Miscarriage, Parent And Child, Perinatal Death--Psychological Aspects, Stillbirth
Pre-eclampsia can begin at any time in the second half of the pregnancy...is more usual in the last few weeks. In some cases, pre-eclampsia develops into eclampsia see below which is extremely dangerous for both mother and baby...
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Heart Disease in Women
Book by Susan Wilansky, James T. Willerson; Churchill Livingstone, 2002
Subjects: Heart Diseases In Women
...INPATIENT MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE PRE-ECLAMPSIA Fluid Therapy Fluid therapy for women with pre-eclampsia is controversial. Some authorities advocate...improved. Women with superimposed pre-eclampsia and/or a long- standing history of...
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The History of Modern Epilepsy: The Beginning, 1865-1914
Book by Walter J. Friendlander; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Epilepsy--History--19th Century, Epilepsy--History--20th Century
...early period of modern epileptology: eclampsia was an acute disorder, while epilepsy...was succinctly stated by Gray in 1884: Eclampsia may very properly be said to be an acute epilepsy, and epilepsy to be a chronic eclampsia 116 . A number of authors used the term...
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Hypertension in Diabetes
Book by Bryan Williams; Martin Dunitz, 2003
Subjects: Hypertension
...increased in the presence of pre-eclampsia, reaching 60 per 1000 births for women with diabetes and pre-eclampsia, compared with 3.3 per 1000 births...diabetic women will develop pre-eclampsia have been as fruitless as those in...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 12
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
...that untreated preeclampsia can quickly lead to eclampsia.The term eclampsia means sudden development, and the condition can develop in a matter of hours. However, eclampsia is extremely rare; it occurs in only 0.2 percent...
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journal articles on: Eclampsia  - 73 results

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Pre-eclampsia: How to Find the Needle in the Haystack
Journal article by Fiona Milne; Perspectives in Public Health, Vol. 125, 2005
Subjects: Medical screening, Pregnancy, Risk factors, Women
Pre-eclampsia: How to Find the Needle in the Haystack by Fiona Milne The Pre-eclampsia Community Guidelines (PRECOG)1 were developed...used for the screening and detection of pre-eclampsia within the infrastructure of the NHS in England...
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Hypothesis: Preeclampsia as a Maternal-fetal Conflict
Journal article by Michel Odent Md; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 20, 2006
...variations in the duration of pregnancy, eclampsia). Haigs theory, together with data...example, veterinarians use the term eclampsia to refer to a life-threatening disease...dogs. In this species, the so-called eclampsia is in fact related to hypocalcemia...
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The Effects of Domestic Abuse on the Unborn Child
Journal article by Amy L. Ba Gilliland, Frcp(c) D. Psych Thomas R Verny Md; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 13, 1999
...relationship has also been shown between pre-eclampsia, also known as toxemia, and maternal...exposure to distressing situations and pre-eclampsia. As mentioned previously, women exposed...major role in the development of pre-eclampsia. Since abused women are exposed to repeated...
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Drinking Water Salinity and Maternal Health in Coastal Bangladesh: Implications of Climate Change
Journal article by Aneire Ehmar Khan, Andrew Ireson, Sari Kovats, Sontosh Kumar Mojumder, Amirul Khusru, Atiq Rahman, Paolo Vineis; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011
Subjects: Climate change--Health aspects, Climate change--Research, Climatic changes--Health aspects, Climatic changes--Research, Drinking water--Research, Gestational hypertension--Research, Gestational hypertension--Statistics, Hypertension in pregnancy--Research, Hypertension in pregnancy--Statistics, Salinity--Measurement
...conducted in 2008, higher rates of (pre)eclampsia and gestational hypertension in pregnant...with significant proteinuria), and eclampsia (preeclampsia accompanied by convulsions...gestational hypertension and (pre)eclampsia (including an immunological hypothesis...
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Primal Health Research: Four Essays
Journal article by Michel Odent Md; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 16, 2002
...physiological response and the disease pre-eclampsia. They can easily offer a reassuring...In the same way when you have pre-eclampsia you have a high blood pressure, but...in late pregnancy does not mean pre-eclampsia. The explanations given by such practitioners...
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magazine articles on: Eclampsia  - 30 results

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How Can Women Avoid Becoming Victims of Medical Malpractice?
Magazine article by Paula Sweeney; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 122, September 1993
Subjects: Malpractice--Prevention, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Women's health--Health aspects, Women--Health aspects
...Many, in fact, are preventable. Pre-eclampsia, sometimes called pregnancy-induced hypertension...gestation. Without appropriate intervention, eclampsia can follow pre-eclampsia, and is characterized by the presence of convulsions...
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4 Doable Actions for Mother & Newborn Care
Magazine article by Daisy Mafubelu; UN Chronicle, Vol. 46, March 2009
Subjects: Childbirth--Health aspects, Delivery (Childbirth)--Health aspects, Family planning--Health aspects, Infants (Newborn)--Health aspects, Malaria--Prevention, Maternal health services--Analysis, Mortality--Health aspects, Mortality--United States, Newborn infants--Health aspects, Pregnancy--Health aspects
...causes of maternal deaths are severe bleeding, eclampsia, infections and obstructed labour. Just three...discovery of magnesium sulphate for treating eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia; the ability to control heavy bleeding after...
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Why I Didn't Sue My Doctor
Magazine article by Carlotta M. Rinke; Medical Economics, Vol. 74, February 10, 1997
Subjects: Physician patient relationships, Pregnancy, Problems, United States
...indicates marked kidney involvement and pre-eclampsia," he said tensely. "Your pregnancy...signs. Though I knew about the pre-eclampsia triadproteinuria, hypertension, and...water against the evil spirits of pre-eclampsia. No drugs, Id mandated. But now I...
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Pregnancy Weight Gain: the Happy Medium
Magazine article; Nutrition Health Review, 2009
Subjects: Obesity, Pregnancy, Studies, Women
...health complications during pregnancy or at the time of delivery, such as pre-eclampsia, failed induction of labor, and cesarean birth. In women with pre-eclampsia, hypertension arises during pregnancy in association with protein in the urine...
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Death in Perspective
Magazine article by Joyce Arthur; The Humanist, Vol. 66, January 2006
Subjects: Mortality--Analysis, Mortality--Reports, Mortality--United States, Natural disasters--Demographic aspects, Natural disasters--United States, World Health Organization--Reports
...percent), ravages of an unsafe abortion (13 percent), eclampsia (12 percent), and obstructed labor (8 percent). In addition...literally saves pregnant womens lives when they experience eclampsia and hemorrhage. But misoprostol isnt registered for use in...
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newspaper articles on: Eclampsia  - 574 results

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Daily Aspirin Can Cut Risk of Pre-Eclampsia
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 17, 2007
Subjects: Aspirin
Daily Aspirin Can Cut Risk of Pre-Eclampsia. Byline: JENNY HOPE A DAILY dose of...mother and baby. The condition, pre- eclampsia, raises blood pressure, leading to...mothers-to-be are affected by pre-eclampsia and the only treatment is to deliver...
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Test for Pre-Eclampsia That's '100% Accurate'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 12, 2011
Subjects: Preeclampsia
Test for Pre-Eclampsia Thats 100% Accurate. Byline: Jenny...a pregnant woman will develop pre-eclampsia, thanks to a new test unveiled by...women who went on to develop pre-eclampsia, and those with high blood pressure...
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Pre-Eclampsia Blood Test That's '100% Successful'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 12, 2011
Subjects: Blood tests, Blood--Medical examination, Hypertension, Preeclampsia
Pre-Eclampsia Blood Test Thats 100% Successful. Byline...whether a pregnant woman will develop pre-eclampsia, thanks to a test unveiled by scientists...20 first-time mothers develop pre-eclampsia towards the end of pregnancy, while...
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Get Enough Sleep for the Sake of Your Baby; Tiredness 'Is Linked to the Risk of Pre-Eclampsia'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 1, 2010
Subjects: Hypertension, Preeclampsia, Sleep
...Tiredness Is Linked to the Risk of Pre-Eclampsia. Byline: Sophie Borland NEWLY pregnant...are ten times more at risk from pre-eclampsia, a condition which causes high blood...improved sleep habits, to lower pre-eclampsia risk. The study, published in the journal...
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Pre-Eclampsia 'Early Warning' for the Heart
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 2, 2007
Subjects: Cardiovascular agents, Preeclampsia
Pre-Eclampsia Early Warning for the Heart. Byline: Fiona MacRae VICTIMS of pre-eclampsia are more than twice as likely to develop heartdisease...women. The 200,000 who had developed pre-eclampsia were much more likely to sufferfrom cardiovascular...
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encyclopedia articles on: Eclampsia  - 4 results

 
 
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Eclampsia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ECLAMPSIA iklamp se , term applied to toxic complications that can occur late...edema. The four categories of hypertension during pregnancy are pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, chronic hypertension, and transient hypertension. Pre-eclampsia...
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Toxemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...can result in convulsions and coma. The cause of toxemia of pregnancy has not been established with certainty. See also eclampsia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Hypertension
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...importance of dietary salt as a major contributor to hypertension; some studies point to low calcium intake as a cause. See also eclampsia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Pregnancy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is used to detect defects, measure fetal heartbeat, and monitor growth of a fetus. Complications of pregnancy include eclampsia , premature birth, and erythroblastosis fetalis (Rh incompatibility). Ectopic pregnancy, in which the fetus begins to...


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