puerperal eclampsia

puerperal eclampsia

n.

Convulsions and coma that are associated with hypertension, edema, or proteinuria, occurring in a woman immediately following childbirth.

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puerperal eclampsia

Etymology: L, puerpus, childbirth; Gk, ek, out, lampein, to flash

a condition of coma and convulsive seizures occurring after childbirth. It is associated with hypertension, edema, and proteinuria. See also puerperal fever.

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eclampsia [e-klamp´se-ah]

in pregnant women, the convulsive stage of preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome; the convulsions are not attributable to other cerebral conditions such as epilepsy. It is a potentially life-threatening disorder characterized by hypertension, generalized edema, and proteinuria. Preeclampsia is a less severe, nonconvulsive form of the disorder. adj., adj eclamp´tic.

puerperal eclampsia that occurring after or during childbirth.

uremic eclampsia eclampsia due to uremia.

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eclampsia

a syndrome including convulsions and coma occurring in animals soon after birth of the young.

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bitch eclampsia

see puerperal tetany.

guinea pig eclampsia

see pregnancy toxemia (3) and ketosis.

mare eclampsia

see lactation tetany (2).

puerperal eclampsia

see puerperal tetany.

sow eclampsia

a poorly defined condition of older sows after farrowing which responds to treatment with calcium and magnesium.