Department of Obstretics and Gynecologys, Community Medicine, Orthopedics, Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppal, Karnataka, India
1Corresponding author
Online published on 20 April, 2016.
The present study was carried with objective of measuring incidence of eclampsia and to study the profile of patients attending tertiary care centre. Incidence of eclampsia was noted to be 2.12%. Majority of the patients were unbooked,(80%) and from age group of 20–25 yrs. 75% of patients were primigravidas. Antepartum eclampsia was seen in 61%, intrapartum eclampsia in 28% and postpartum eclampsia in 11%. Maternal mortality was 1%.
Eclampsia, Incidence, Maternal mortality
