Neurological complications in eclampsia: A case series

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Tank, Parikshit D ^a,b   Chauhan, Anahita R ^a   Bhattacharya, Moudhulika S ^a   Warke, Himangi S ^a   Raut, Vanita S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cerebrovascular accidents; Coma; Computerized tomography; Eclampsia; Magnesium sulphate; Maternal mortality; Neurological abnormalities; Recurrent convulsions

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542448417     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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