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- Title
Pre-eclampsia: prevention, diagnosis and management.
- Authors
Hassell, Philip; Surendran, Anoop
- Abstract
Pre-eclampsia causes significant morbidity and mortality to both mother and foetus worldwide, the major causes being delayed diagnosis and poor management. Identifying the parturient at risk of developing pre-eclampsia is paramount and optimising this patient cohort is key. Early management of pre-eclampsia favours a better outcome with magnesium sulphate and anti-hypertensive medications being the mainstay of treatment. A multi-disciplinary approach involving Anaesthesia is most likely to confer more favourable outcomes to both mother and foetus. This review article will describe the diagnosis, pathogenesis, prevention and management of pre-eclampsia; in particular its treatment options with reference to anaesthetic practice.
- Subjects
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE agents; PREECLAMPSIA diagnosis; PREECLAMPSIA prevention; RISK factors of preeclampsia; ANESTHESIA; MAGNESIUM sulfate; PREECLAMPSIA
- Publication
Update in Anaesthesia, 2019, Vol 34, p46
- ISSN
1353-4882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/WFSA-D-19-00004