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Eclampsia in India Through the Decades

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Abstract

Background

Eclampsia is still prevalent in India with high maternal and perinatal mortality. In India, there is no community-based survey of eclampsia. Sporadic reports of study on eclampsia are being published in medical journals.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to find out the incidence of eclampsia and maternal and perinatal mortality in India.

Methods

Data on incidence, maternal mortality and perinatal mortality of eclampsia were collected from articles published in journals and from book of Abstract published during AICOG conferences from 1980 onwards, along with our own data from 1976 to 2014. Data were analyzed yearwise.

Results

Reports published from 1976 to 2015 (January–February) reveal that incidence of eclampsia in India ranges from 0.179 to 5 %, the average being 1.5 %. In the period between 1980 and 1989, the average incidence was 0.92 % and the corresponding figure between 2002 and 2010 was 2.15 %, indicating that there is no reduction in incidence of eclampsia in India over the decades. Maternal mortality in 1982 was 14.12 %, and in 2010 it was 2.2–9 %. Maternal mortality has shown a receding tendency, while perinatal mortality is remaining still high as in 1984 it was 45 % and the corresponding figure in 2010 was 24.5–48 %.

Conclusion

Incidence of eclampsia in India is about 1.5 %. Detail analysis of data from 1980 to 2015 (January–February) shows that there is no reduction in incidence of eclampsia and perinatal mortality rate over the last few decades. Maternal mortality has shown a slight receding trend.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Hospital, Christian Basti, Guwahati, Assam, 781005, India

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Author Dr. P. N. Nobis has not received any grant for the study. Dr Anupama Hajong has not received any grant for the study. Dr. P. N. Nobis declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Anupama Hajong declares that she has no conflict of interest.

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This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Dr. P. N. Nobis is Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at International Hospital, Guwahati; Dr. Anupama Hajong is Resident Medical Officer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at International Hospital, Guwahati.

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Nobis, P.N., Hajong, A. Eclampsia in India Through the Decades. J Obstet Gynecol India 66 (Suppl 1), 172–176 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-015-0807-5

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