Diagnosis, prevention, and management of eclampsia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 402-410

  Sibai, Baha M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PHENYTOIN; PROMETHAZINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECLAMPSIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; LABOR PAIN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL AGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13544277885     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000152351.13671.99     Document Type: Review

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