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InnovAiT 2009 2(5):284-290; doi:10.1093/innovait/inp042
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Pre-eclampsia

Dr Sreekala Seepana

GP Registrar, Woodford Medical Centre, Grimsby, UK

Dr Sudhakar Allamsetty

GP, Merton Lodge Surgery, Alford, Lincolnshire, UK

Dr Chantal Simon

Executive Editor, InnovAiT

E-mail: drsreekala{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Pre-eclampsia is a multisystem syndrome of unknown aetiology peculiar to pregnancy. Between 2003–5, the report on confidential enquiries into maternal and child health (CEMACH) recorded 18 deaths in the UK as a result of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia (0.85 per 100 000 maternities), making this the second leading cause of maternal death. In 72% of these cases, care was deemed substandard.


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