%0 Journal Article
%T Eclampsia: A Continuous Scourge in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria
%A Celestine Osita John
%A Justina Omoikhefe Alegbeleye
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 209-225
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2024.141019
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Eclampsia is responsible for over 50,000 maternal deaths with incidence
of 1 death in about 100 - 1500 deliveries in developing nations. In sub-Saharan
Africa, Nigeria accounts for </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">highest maternal mortality ratio of 512 deaths per 100,000 live deliveries
and </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> highest neonatal fatality of 67 per 1000 live births. Factors such young
age, nulliparity, multifetal gestation, unbooked cases, preterm delivery
(&lt;32 weeks), lack of proper access to antenatal care, poor hospital care,
financial constraints and inappropriate diagnosis, have all been identified as
risk factors promoting eclampsia. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objectives: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In this study, we
investigated the prevalence of eclampsia in River</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> State, Nigeria and established the correlation
between social demographic factors and the feto-maternal outcomes among the
eclampsia patients. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methodology: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A prospective observational study using
a detailed data sheet was conducted on 1244 pregnant women admitted at the
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of University of Port Harcourt Teaching
Hospital, for 1-year duration. Data analysis was conducted using statistical
packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 22. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Demography
showed that age range (20</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">24) occurred in 40.7%,
nulliparous mothers were dominant with 40.7% while 70.1% of the stu</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dy population had secondary level of education. 27
cases of eclampsia were diagnosed from the 1244 pregnant women, which signified
2.13% prevalence among the studied population. The feto-maternal outcome showed
that out of the 27 mothers, 19 were alive (70.4%) while 8 died (29.6%), while
fetal outcome showed that 16 were alive (59.3%)
%K Eclampsia
%K Preeclampsia
%K Prevalence
%K Maternal
%K Fetal
%K Mortality
%K Booked
%K Un-booked
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=130962