Pre-eclampsia: the good and bad news
Affecting around one in twenty pregnancies, pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of fetal morbidity and mortality globally. Around half a million babies die as a result of the condition annually. Severe pre-eclampsia, leading to eclampsia characterized by seizures, is also the second leading cause of maternal mortality (after hemorrhage) in most countries: an estimated 76,000 […]
