Post-partum trend in blood pressure levels, renal function and proteinuria in women with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 6-months cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kaze, Francois F ^a   Njukeng, Francis A ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^b   Ashuntantang, Gloria ^a   Mbu, Robinson ^a   Halle, Marie P ^c   Asonganyi, Tazoacha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERSISTING HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMEROON; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899626296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-134     Document Type: Article

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