Clinical data | Number | % |
Reasons for consultation |
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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) |
|
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<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 |
|
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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 |