Eclampsia & Preeclampsia:

Pregnancy Hypertensive
Disorders

1
Predisposed Patients An awareness of conditions
in their teen years that may predispose
older than their mid-thirties patients to preeclampsia
in their first pregnancy and eclampsia are an
obese important baseline for
have a prior history of preeclampsia
recognition.
diabetic

2
Preeclampsia is variable in its Preeclampsia
progression. Cardiovascular protein in the urine
effects of eclampsia include a low platelet count
vascular vasospasm that can poor renal and liver function
increase the workload of the left pitting edema
ventricle. The patient may experience visual disturbances such as
blood clots. Pedal edema is common. blurry or double vision.

3
Eclampsia
Suspect eclampsia
Untreated preeclampsia will proceed into
eclampsia. The patient will begin to suffer for any patient who
tonic clonic, generalized seizures lasting has seizure activity
longer than a minute. During this period,
patients will often be apneic leading to following trauma.
hypoxia for both mother and baby.