Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery

Introduction. Eclampsia is the combination of preeclampsia and seizures. Approximately one-half of all cases of eclampsia occur postpartum. Thereby late onset postpartum eclampsia is defined by its onset more than 48 hours after delivery. Summary of Case. We report a postpartum eclampsia occurring 8...

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Autores principales: Minnerup, Jens, Kleffner, Ilka, Wersching, Heike, Zimmermann, Julian, Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger, Niederstadt, Thomas, Dziewas, Rainer
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Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20798839
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/798616
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author Minnerup, Jens
Kleffner, Ilka
Wersching, Heike
Zimmermann, Julian
Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger
Niederstadt, Thomas
Dziewas, Rainer
author_facet Minnerup, Jens
Kleffner, Ilka
Wersching, Heike
Zimmermann, Julian
Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger
Niederstadt, Thomas
Dziewas, Rainer
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description Introduction. Eclampsia is the combination of preeclampsia and seizures. Approximately one-half of all cases of eclampsia occur postpartum. Thereby late onset postpartum eclampsia is defined by its onset more than 48 hours after delivery. Summary of Case. We report a postpartum eclampsia occurring 8 weeks after delivery, which is the latest onset ever described. The course was complicated by an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Conclusion. A late onset postpartum eclampsia even several weeks after delivery should be considered as possible diagnosis, since early treatment initiation with magnesium sulphate and antihypertensive medication prevents severe complications and reduces mortality.
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spelling pubmed-29252152010-08-26 Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery Minnerup, Jens Kleffner, Ilka Wersching, Heike Zimmermann, Julian Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger Niederstadt, Thomas Dziewas, Rainer Stroke Res Treat Case Report Introduction. Eclampsia is the combination of preeclampsia and seizures. Approximately one-half of all cases of eclampsia occur postpartum. Thereby late onset postpartum eclampsia is defined by its onset more than 48 hours after delivery. Summary of Case. We report a postpartum eclampsia occurring 8 weeks after delivery, which is the latest onset ever described. The course was complicated by an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Conclusion. A late onset postpartum eclampsia even several weeks after delivery should be considered as possible diagnosis, since early treatment initiation with magnesium sulphate and antihypertensive medication prevents severe complications and reduces mortality. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2925215/ /pubmed/20798839 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/798616 Text en Copyright © 2010 Jens Minnerup et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Minnerup, Jens
Kleffner, Ilka
Wersching, Heike
Zimmermann, Julian
Schäbitz, Wolf-Rüdiger
Niederstadt, Thomas
Dziewas, Rainer
Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title_full Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title_fullStr Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title_full_unstemmed Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title_short Late Onset Postpartum Eclampsia: It is Really Never Too Late—A Case of Eclampsia 8 Weeks after Delivery
title_sort late onset postpartum eclampsia: it is really never too late—a case of eclampsia 8 weeks after delivery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20798839
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/798616
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