Preeclampsia: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Preeclampsia: clinical features. There is a new onset hypertension during pregnancy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Definition
- There is a new onset hypertension during pregnancy
- The hypertension possibly results from cerebral vasospasm
- It develops after 20 weeks of pregnancy
- It is eclampsia if tonic-clonic seizures supervene: this is usually in the third trimester
Diagnostic criteria
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Clinical features
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Subject-related risk factors
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Maternal risk factors
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Medical risk factors
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Brain imaging features
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Course
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References
- Bushnell C, Chireau M. Preeclampsia and stroke: risks during and after pregnancy. Stroke Res Treat 2011; 2011:858134.
- Sawle GV, Ramsay MM. The neurology of pregnancy. JNNP 1998; 64:711-725.
- Schoen JC, Campbell RL, Sadosty AT. Headache in pregnancy: an approach to emergency department evaluation and management. West J Emerg Med 2015; 16:291-301.
- Cunningham FG, Fernandez CO, Hernandez C. Blindness associated with preeclampsia and eclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995; 172:1291-1298.
