The management of severe toxemia in patients at less than 36 weeks' gestation.
Fifty-five patients at less than 36 weeks' gestation with severe toxemia were treated conservatively. The pregnancies were continued for a mean duration of 19.2 days and the mean gestation at delivery was 35.2 weeks. Fifty-three percent of the deliveries were by cesarean section. Of the neonates, 56.5% showed severe intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), 17% had asphyxia neonatorum, and 13.2% developed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). There were 3 stillbirths and 2 neonatal deaths for a mortality rate of 8.9% and a corrected rate of 7.1%.
D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third