title: Severe eclampsia in an adolescent: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present this interesting case of an adolescent female with seizures and a history of a fall, who was found to be pregnant and eclamptic, requiring emergent delivery on the day of presentation to a pediatric emergency department. The relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Scribano
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Selbst
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate