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Post Partum Eclampsia in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Wren Barry G.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1965.tb00287.x
Subject(s) - post partum , eclampsia , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , biology , genetics
Summary:1 Seventeen patients with eclamptic fits occurring for the first time after delivery are presented. 2 At least 3 of the patients showed no evidence of pre‐eclampsia before delivery. 3 Two patients had post partum haemorrhage due to retained pieces of placental tissue. 4 A patient with convulsions occurring 11 days after delivery is presented and it is suggested that there may be a connection between viable placental tissue and eclampsia. 5 There were no maternal deaths in the post partum group, which is in contrast to the ante partum group, where there were 8 deaths in 46 patients.