Late onset preeclampsia is not an innocuous condition
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2010
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Kenneth L.
Hall D.R.
Gebhardt S.
Grove D.
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Objective: To describe the profile and outcome of late-onset preeclampsia (LOPE). Methods. Retrospective study of 264 singleton pregnancies presenting before delivery at two referral centres in South Africa. Results: Primigravid patients constituted 56.8% of the group, while 57.6% were graded as severe. Median gestational age at diagnosis was 37 (34-43) weeks. 30.7% of patients experienced ≥1 major maternal complication including 34 (12.9%) cases of eclampsia. There were no maternal or early neonatal deaths. Five intrauterine deaths occurred, all due to placental abruption. The perinatal mortality rate was 18.9 per thousand births. Conclusions: Late-onset preeclampsia often presents as severe disease. © 2010 Informa UK, Ltd.
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atenolol, dihydralazine, enalapril, labetalol, magnesium sulfate, methyldopa, nifedipine, adolescent, adult, article, birth, death, disease severity, eclampsia, female, fetus death, gestational age, HELLP syndrome, human, hypertension, intensive care, kidney disease, lung edema, major clinical study, medical record review, newborn death, patient referral, perinatal mortality, preeclampsia, primigravida, retrospective study, single drug dose, solutio placentae, South Africa, thrombocytopenia, Adult, Female, Gestational Age, Humans, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, South Africa, Time Factors
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Hypertension in Pregnancy
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