Association of risk factors, clinical presentation, and treatment with neonatal outcomes among pre-eclamptic and eclamptic women: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia cause high feto-maternal mortality in Pakistan. This study aimed to identify potential risk factors in pregnant women that can lead to the development of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in the BVH, Bahawalpur (July 2021-December 2022), to record socio-demographic information, risk factors, clinical symptoms, and treatment administered, which was linked with maternal and neonatal outcomes. The Chi-squared test was applied to describe the relation in categorical variables. Odds ratio were calculated by binary logistic regression for normally distributed significant values.

Results

A total of 85 women with eclampsia and 43 with pre-eclampsia were included in the study. The eclamptic women s

SUBMITTER: Bukhari SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645388 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature