Severe preeclampsia - maternal and fetal outcome.
Ninety patients with severe preeclampsia were reviewed. There was one maternal mortality and two patients who developed pulmonary edema. The corrected perinatal mortality rate was 143/100. Epidural anesthesia did not adversely affect fetal outcome. Perinatal morbidity and mortality was mainly related to the development of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Twenty-three neonates developed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). RDS was strongly associated (P less than .001) with gestational age. RDS was not associated with mode of delivery, sex and perinatal asphyxia.
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk