Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Nassim Mayat

Publications

• Research Article
  Atypical Eclampsia at a Regional Hospital in Northern Kwa Zulu-Natal: Lessons to Learn
  Author(s): Suvarnah Bodasingh, Nassim Mayat, Jagidesa Moodley and Surandhra RamphalSuvarnah Bodasingh, Nassim Mayat, Jagidesa Moodley and Surandhra Ramphal
  
  Background: Recent publications indicate that eclampsia (convulsions associated with hypertension and proteinuria in pregnancy) may occur without the classical clinical signs of hypertension and proteinuria. Such cases labelled atypical eclampsia can occur for the first time antenatal, intrapartum or 48 hours after but within four weeks of childbirth in the absence of hypertension and proteinuria. Raising awareness of atypical eclampsia may improve the clinical management including appropriate investigations.Objectives: To describe the prevalence and maternal and perinatal outcome of atypical eclampsia in a rural northern KwaZulu-Natal Province. Methods: This was a chart review of cases diagnosed as eclampsia admitted to a regional hospital serving 19 maternity clinics and 17 district hospitals in northern Kwa Zulu-Natal over a 2 year period (20.. Read More»
  

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