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What does preeclampsia mean?

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  1. (pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 5% of all women, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.
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Severe preeclampsia is marked by increased hypertension and proteinuria, eventually leading to the devel. opment of oliguria.
There is no cure for preeclampsia, and in severe cases delivery of the fetus is the only resolution.
The prognosis is worse when severe preeclampsia develops during the second trimester.
Other features of severe preeclampsia include oliguria, cerebral or visual disturbances, and pulmonary edema or cyanosis.
Typical clinical features especially seizures with typical findings for severe preeclampsia strongly suggest eclampsia.
Vascular changes in preeclampsia and eclampsia include hemoconcentration and intense vasospasm.

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