Disease or Syndrome
eclampsia Audio
ec·lamp·si·a [ ih-klamp-see-uh ]
Subclass of:
Pregnancy associated hypertension
Etymology:
Greek eklampsis = a shining forth; from ek (ec-) = forth + lampo = to shine
Hippocrates applied the term to any fever of sudden onset.
Definitions related to eclampsia:
  • A potentially life-threatening pregnancy-related disorder characterized by tonic-clonic seizures in association with hypertension after the twentieth week of gestation and up to six weeks postpartum and in the absence of other potential causes of seizures.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A serious condition related to high blood pressure that can threaten the life of a pregnant woman and her fetus.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • An acute and life-threatening complication of pregnancy, which is characterized by the appearance of tonic-clonic seizures, usually in a patient who had developed pre-eclampsia. Eclampsia includes seizures and coma that happen during pregnancy but are not due to preexisting or organic brain disorders.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Convulsions and coma occurring in pregnant or puerperal women, associated with hypertension, edema, and proteinuria.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Onset of HYPERREFLEXIA; SEIZURES; or COMA in a previously diagnosed pre-eclamptic patient (PRE-ECLAMPSIA).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Ten percent of all pregnancies are complicated by hypertension. Eclampsia and preeclampsia account for about half of these cases worldwide and have been recognized and described for years despite the general lack of understanding of the disease.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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