Journal of Women's Health Care
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duhok Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital, Kurdistan, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article   
  Puerperal Preeclampsia among Women with No History of Perinatal Preeclampsia
  Author(s): Nazdar Raouf*, Shaveen Mahdi and Maida Shamdeen
  
  Objective: To study the characteristics of delayed puerperal preeclampsia/eclampsia in women after delivery and its clinical management. Study design: This multicenter retrospective study involved analysis of cases diagnosed with delayed-onset puerperal preeclampsia/eclampsia upon readmission, from 48 hours-6 weeks after delivery. Total of 170 women were included in the study, out of which 50 were included in case group, and 120 in control group. The identification of cases was made by using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). Data were collected by chart review and the current version of the SPSS software package was used for data analysis. Results: Case group had mostly non-white racial origin women, 16% of whom were found to be smokers with an elevated maternal pre-pregnancy BMI. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.23.12.645

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