A five-year trend in pre-eclampsia admission and factors associated with inpatient eclampsia: a retrospective study from a resource-limited hospital in northeast Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the 5-year trend of pre-eclampsia admission, magnitude and factor associated with inpatient eclampsia among deliveries involving pre-eclampsia which have been attended at one of the resource-limited public hospitals in northeast Ethiopia.

Design

Retrospective medical record review study.

Setting

Woldia General Hospital Medical archive, Woldia town, Ethiopia.

Participants

All antenatal admission and deliveries involving pre-eclampsia attended from 2011 to 2016 at the hospital were included in the review.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Trend of pre-eclampsia admission was determined using non-parametric Mann-Kendall correlation. Case management, clinical and patient-related factors were tested for possible association with

SUBMITTER: Tlaye KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature