Demographic characteristics in preeclamptic women in Macedonia

dc.creatorJasovic-Siveska,Emilija
dc.creatorJasovic,Vladimir
dc.date2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T16:38:36Z
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dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000600008
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/405095
dc.descriptionBackground: Worldwide, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia contribute to the death of a pregnant woman every three minutes. Aim: To determine the demographic risk factors and values of blood pressure to predict preeclampsia. Material and Methods: Demographic and clinical features of 300 normotensive pregnant women aged 28 ±5 years and 100 preeclamptic women aged 28 ±6 years, were assessed. Women with multiple pregnancies were excluded from the study. Results: Women with less educational attainment had a higher risk of mild and severe preeclampsia. Weight gain during pregnancy in control and pre eclamptic women were 14 ±3 and 20 ±5 kg, respectively (p < 0.01). Women with severe preeclampsia had high significantly shorter gestations then the other two patient groups (p < 0.01). Compared to nor-motensive women, at 6 to 12 weeks of gestation, pre eclamptic women had higher systolic (102 ±7 and 113 ±9 mmHg respectively), diastolic ( 64 ±5 and 74 ±10 mmHg respectively) and mean arterial pressure (77 ±5 and 87 ±8.01 mmHg res-pectively). Conclusions: Women with basic education or illiterate have a higher risk of developing preeclampsia. During the first or second trimester of pregnancy, mean arterial pressure is the best predictor for preeclampsia.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.6 2011
dc.subjectBlood pressure
dc.subjectPre-eclampsia
dc.subjectPregnancy complications
dc.subjectBlood pressure
dc.titleDemographic characteristics in preeclamptic women in Macedonia
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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