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Table 2 Foetal and maternal outcomes among women diagnosed with eclampsia

From: Criteria-based audit on management of eclampsia patients at a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Foetal and maternal outcome

Eclampsia

  
 

Antepartum

(n = 184)

 

Intrapartum

(n = 159)

 

Postpartum

(n = 46)

 

Total

(n = 389)

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

24–32

28

15

25

16

2

4.3

55

14

32–36

79

43

59

37

16

35

154

40

37–42

76

41

75

47

27

59

178

46

Unknown

1

0.5

-

-

1

2.2

2

0.5

Apgar score at 5 min:

0

50

27

40

25

11

24

101

26

1–2

7

3.8

9

5.7

1

2.2

17

4.4

3–6

45

25

38

24

4

8.7

87

22

≥7

81

44

67

42

14

30

162

42

Unknown

1

0.6

5

3.1

16

35

22

5.6

Foetal outcome:

MSB*

16

23

9

14

-

-

25

6.4

FSB before admission*

14

20

15

24

5

18

34

8.7

FSB after admission

19

27

7

11

-

-

26

6.7

Early neonatal death

19

27

23

37

3

11

45

12

Unknown

2

2.8

9

14

20

71

31

7.9

Number of newborn:

Singleton

176

96

131

82

39

85

346

89

Twins

8

4.4

24

15

2

4.3

34

8.7

Triplets

-

-

-

-

3

6.5

3

0.8

Unknown

-

-

4

2.5

2

4.3

6

1.5

Birth weight (grams):

500–1499

39

21

27

17

6

13

71

18

1500–2499

69

38

47

30

8

17

124

32

2500+

75

41

80

50

28

61

183

47

Unknown

1

0.5

5

3.1

4

8.7

11

2.8

Maternal outcome:

Alive

177

96

145

91

38

80

359

92

Dead

7

3.8

14

8.8

9

20

30

7.7

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.2

  1. *FSB = Fresh still birth, MSB = Macerated stillbirth