Authors: Mikel Terceño Joaquín Serena Irene Bragado Yolanda Silva
Publish Date: 2016/11/24
Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 693-694
Abstract
Postpartum eclampsia accounts for approximately 44 of all eclampsias Of these only 5–17 occurs after the first 48 h postdelivery and some may appear up to four weeks afterwards 1 Eclampsia can be associated with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke postpartum cerebral angiopathy PCA or reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome PRES which may not be present at the onset of symptomsAt admission the neurological examination showed mild somnolence left hemiparesis and hemianesthesia In the first hours after symptom onset the patient suffered vomiting and generalized tonic–clonic seizures Blood pressure values were 171/97 mmHg Laboratory test did not show significant alterations hemogram coagulation and both renal and
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