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Pre-Eclampsia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.699, 1932-1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.699
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: toxaemia of pregnancy; cerebral thrombosis; hallucinations; and hemiplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1933

PR4.1015, 1936-1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1015
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: toxaemia of pregnancy; dementia; transient blindness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.1025, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1025
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: ?toxaemia of pregnancy; ?cephal haematoma; developmental delay; and deficient vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR2.10642, 1951-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10642
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; pre-eclampsia; vomiting; papilloeddema; confusion; tuberculoma; tuberculosis meningitis; diplopia; incontinence; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954