Late postpartum eclampsia: examples and review.
Eclampsia, defined as the occurrence of seizures in pregnant women, usually in the setting of preeclampsia and in the absence of other neurologic disorders, occurs mainly before, during , or within 48 hours after delivery. When convulsions occur later postpartum, diagnosis is difficult and treatment disputed. We review the entity of late postpartum eclampsia and report 2 examples in which the serum levels of antiangiogenic and angiogenic proteins were measured.
Hirshfeld-Cytron
Jennifer
J
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jennifer.Hirshfeld@uchospitals.edu
Lam
Chun
C
Karumanchi
S Ananth
SA
Lindheimer
Marshall
M
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors