Wayima, Selamawit Dufera (2015) Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregenancies Complecated by Preeclampsia/Eclampsia at Zewditu Memorial Hospital. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Preeclampsia refers to a syndrome characterized by the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation in previously normotensive women. Eclampsia refers to the development of grandmal seizures orcoma in a woman with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study wasto determine maternal and perinatal out comes of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and eclampsia in women delivering in Zewditu memorial hospital METHODS: A one years retrospective hospital based patient chart review study was conducted from January 2013 to December 2014 at Zewditu Memorial Hospital RESULTS: During the study period January 2013 to December 2014 where a total of 3,488 deliveries attended at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital among the total deliveries 250 had their pregnancy complicated by PIH. Two hundred fifty women among the total deliveries (7.2%) had their pregnancy of gestational HPT 41(16.4%) mild pre eclampsia 80(32%) sever preeclampsia 17 (6.8%) eclampsia of all deliveries. Prenatal outcome for the various type of PIH were 29 prenatal deaths among all deliveries of hypertensive patient 19 (24.1%) was IUFD and 10 (12.7%) still birth which yielded prenatal mortality rate of 207/1000 births CONCLUSIONS: In low and middle-income settings, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia issignificantly associated with maternal death, prenatal death, preterm birth and low birth weight, so early recognition and management of mothers with PIHis an important instrument to reduce the case.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Complication, Eclampsia, maternal, outcome, preeclampsia, prenatal, pregnant mother |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2018 13:02 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2018 13:02 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7954 |
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