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Table 3 Pre-eclampsia screening at labor and delivery services from observations of admission to L & D

From: Screening and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in antenatal and labor and delivery services: findings from cross-sectional observation studies in six sub-Saharan African countries

 

Kenya

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Zanzibar

Rwanda

Madagascar

Mozambique

Total

N = 452

N = 107

N = 306

N = 106

N = 187

N = 268

N = 378

N = 1804

Asks about signs of PE/E

34%

34%

14%

25%

16%

29%

11%

24%

Initial blood pressure check

71%

85%

83%

85%

73%

82%

59%

77%

Both PE/E screening elements

20%

29%

14%

26%

15%

29%

8%

20%

Tests urine for presence of protein

12%

8%

3%

12%

4%

7%

2%

7%

BP recorded at least every 4 h (when diastolic  < 90 mmHg)

47%

8%

37%

29%

50%

17%

15%

29%