Characteristics and outcomes of patients with eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia in a rural hospital in Western Tanzania: a retrospective medical record study

Table 1 Definitions

	Definition	Inclusion criterion?^a
Hypertension	diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg or systolic BP ≥ 140 mmHg
Severe hypertension	diastolic BP ≥ 110 mmHg or systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg
Hypertensive crisis	diastolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg or systolic BP ≥ 180 mmHg
Mild pre-eclampsia	Proteinuria WITH:	No
Mild pre-eclampsia	-Hypertension WITHOUT signs or symptoms^b	No
Severe pre-eclampsia	Proteinuria WITH:	Yes
	-Hypertension AND signs, OR
	-Severe hypertension
Eclampsia	Hypertension	Yes
	Proteinuria
	Convulsions

^aThe hospital protocol categorises hypertension in hypertension, severe hypertension and hypertensive crisis. If a definite diagnosis could not be made due to absent or unreliable data on proteinuria, the diagnosis made by the clinician was used to determine inclusion in this study
^bSigns: oedema, signs of clotting disorder, jaundice. Symptoms: headache, epigastric pain, nausea

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