Eclampsia and Pre-Eclampsia

Alternate Name:

Test:

,S.oestriol (determines fetal maturity), Hb (N),S.protein (L), S.uric acid (H), S.urea (N), U.M/C/S (RBC & casts), U.protein (+)

Sign:

Hypertension, pitting oedema, convulsions,ntrauterine growth retardation, Chaussier's sign;

Dd:

Epilepsy, meningitis, intracranial tumour, stroke;essential hypertAnsion, renal failure, IV lignocaine

Phys:

A syndrome of hypertension, oedema, proteinuria and headache in pregnancy