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19.1.4 Summarising maternal and fetal complications of severe pre-eclampsia

Asphyxia is pronounced ‘ass-fix-ee-ah’.

‘Acute’ refers to a condition that begins suddenly and rapidly becomes very serious.

Table 19.1 Common complications of severe pre-eclampsia in the mother and the fetus.
Maternal complications	Fetal complications
Eclampsia	Placental abruption
Intracranial haemorrhage (bleeding inside the skull)	Intrauterine asphyxia (severe shortage of oxygen in the uterus)
Anaemia	IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction)
Low platelet count, poor blood clotting and risk of bleeding	Premature delivery
Acute kidney failure	IUFD (intrauterine fetal death)
Acute liver failure, maybe even liver rupture	Respiratory distress after birth(early neonatal asphyxia)
Fluid in the lungs (pulmonary oedema)	Mental retardation
Heart failure
Temporary total blindness

19.1.3 Common complications of severe pre-eclampsia for the mother

19.2 Classification of hypertension during pregnancy

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