CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF ECLAMPSIA: A SYSTEMATIC OVERVIEW


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The cases of neurological complications of eclampsia, published in English-language medical journals in 1980 to 2008, are analyzed. The frequency characteristics of a sample of physiological and obstetric indicators are defined in patients with neurological complications of eclampsia; the specific features of frequency distributions of these indicators are revealed. The results of the study may suggest that the frequency of neurological complications of eclampsia is inversely related to age. The likelihood that a combination of young age and second labor confers the highest risk for neurological complications of eclampsia is high. The vast majority of women with neurological complications due to eclampsia have elevated diastolic blood pressure; however, the frequency distribution of systolic pressure does not give the same clear account. The analysis of the combined sample of cases of eclampsia with neurological complications permitted the areas and problems to be set off for such further investigations of this pathology.

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E M ShIFMAN

g p tikhova

s e floka

Ye M Shifman

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

G P Tikhova

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

S Ye Floka

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

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