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Table 1 Basic characteristics of 389 women diagnosed with eclampsia

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

Basic characteristic

Eclampsia

  
 

Antepartum

(n = 184)

Intrapartum

(n = 159)

Postpartum

(n = 46)

Total

(n = 389)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (years):

15–24

125

68

104

65

33

72

262

67

25–34

43

23

44

28

7

15

94

24

35–45

8

4.3

4

2.5

5

11

17

4.4

Unknown

8

4.3

7

4.4

1

2.2

16

4.1

Parity:

0

122

66

106

67

32

70

260

67

1–2

52

28

41

26

13

28

106

27

3–7

10

5.4

12

7.5

1

2.2

23

5.9

Number of antenatal visits:

0

14

7.6

11

6.9

6

13

31

7.9

1–2

79

43

54

34

19

41

152

39

≥3

91

50

94

59

21

46

206

53

Induction

184

100

8

5.0

-

-

192

49

Mode of delivery:

SVD*

145

79

104

65

29

63

278

72

CS*

32

17

39

25

5

11

76

20

LCVE*

1

0.5

1

0.6

-

-

2

0.5

ABD*

4

2.2

3

1.9

1

2.2

8

2.1

Others

1

0.5

10

6.3

1

2.2

12

3.1

Unknown

1

0.5

2

1.3

10

22

13

3.3

  1. *SVD = Spontaneous vertex delivery, CS = Caesarean section, LCVE = Low cavity vacuum extraction, ABD = Assisted breech delivery; 23% of patient delivered by CS were initially had induction of labour