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- Title
Postpartum amaurosis in a woman with severe preeclampsia.
- Authors
Mourelo, Mónica; Álvarez, Miguel; Díaz, José L.; García, Teresa; Galeiras, Rita; Freire, David
- Abstract
The maternal and perinatal fetal prognosis of preeclampsia depends on the gestational age of the fetus at onset, the severity of the disease, the quality of care, and the presence of pre-existent medical conditions. One of the uncommon effects of severe preeclampsia on the eye is sudden loss of vision. The present case report is of a woman with severe preeclampsia exacerbated by delivery that coursed with difficult-to-control arterial hypertension and reversible cortical amaurosis without impaired consciousness or seizures.
- Subjects
BLINDNESS; PREECLAMPSIA; SEVERITY of illness index; HYPERTENSIVE encephalopathy
- Publication
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2011, Vol 15, Issue 4, p227
- ISSN
0972-5229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0972-5229.92077