Clinical data

Number

%

Reasons for consultation

Headache

50

100

Vertigo

50

100

Edema of the lower limbs

50

100

Dyspnoea

27

54

Palpitation

26

52

Convulsive seizures

15

30

Epigastralgia

5

10

Metrorrhagia

5

10

Risk factors

Familial hypertension

19

38

Multiple gestures

17

34

Previous pregnancy-induced hypertension

16

32

Stress

16

32

Low socio-economic status

13

26

Taking oral contraceptives

12

24

Primacy

11

22

Obesity

5

10

Twin pregnancies

1

2

Gestational age (SA)

<20

6

12

20 - 27

10

20

28 - 36

20

40

>36

14

28

Types of hypertension on admission

Type I

34

68

Type II

8

16

Type III

4

8

Type IV

4

8

Maternal complications

Pre-eclampsia

27

54

Eclampsia

15

30

Retroperitoneal haematoma

4

8

Acute renal failure

3

6

Fetal complications

Fetal distress

19

38

Death in utero

9

18

Prematurity

4

8

Fetal hypotrophy

4

8

Neonatal death

1

2