Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, July 1st, 2005
Abstract
A 33-year-old healthy woman, gravida 1 with twins pregnancy was admitted with mild preeclampsia and unusual hyponatremia which resolved promptly postpartum. This is the seventh reported case of hyponatremia complicating preeclampsia, four of the patients carried twins and four had nephrotic syndrome.
Introduction
Preeclampsia affects 5-8% of all pregnancies. Classically the syndrome includes hypertension and proteinuria, that may be associated with symptoms and signs such as edema, visual disturbances, headache and epigastric pain, all probably stemming from vasospasm and endotheli...
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