The treatment of eclampsia by early interruption of pregnancy: a 15-year review.

This study is a result of treatment obtained from 106 patients who had eclampsia over a 15-year period from January 1973 to December 1987. All patients were treated for eclampsia by delivering infants as early as possible, either transvaginally or by cesarean section. By use of this method, as opposed to the administration of magnesium sulfate, the outcome for both mothers and newborns was acceptable. Of the 106 cases, cesarean sections were performed on 59 cases with antenatal eclampsia. There was no maternal death, while the perinatal mortality rate of infants was 2.78%. This study is a profile of cases where early delivery was chosen as a means of treatment for eclampsia.