Eclampsia in eastern India: Incidence, demographic profile and response to three different anticonvulsant regimes of magnesium sulphate

Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Singh, Sweta ^a   Behera, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (India)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; India; Magnesium sulphate; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 80054764381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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