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Abruption Placentae
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Partial or complete premature separation of anormal inplanted placenta
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Chronic Hypertension
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Systolic pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic pressure of 90mm Hg or higher that is present preconceptionally or occurs before 20 weeks of gestation
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Clonus
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Spasmodic alteration of muscular contraction and relaxation; counted in beats
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Couvelaire Uterus
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Interstitial myometrial hemorrhage after premature separation (abruption) of placenta; purple-bluish iscoloration of the uteru and boardlike rigidity of the uterus are noted
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
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Pathologic form of coagulation in which clotting factors are consumed to such an extent that generalized bleeding can occur; associated with abruptio placentae, eclampsia, intrauterine fetal demise, amniotic fluid embolism, and hemorrhage
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Eclampsia
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Severe complication of pregnancy of unknown cause and occuring more often in the primigravida; characterized by new onset grand mal seizures in a women with preeclampsia occuring during pregnancy or shortly after birth
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Gestational Hypertension
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The new onset of hypertension without proteinuria after week 20 of pregnancy
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HELLP syndrome
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Condition characterized by hemolysis. elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count; a complication of severe preeclampsia
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Placenta Previa
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Placenta that is abnormally implated in the thin, lower uterine segment and that is typed according to proximity to cervical os: total, completely occuludes os; partial, does not occlude os completely; marginal, placenta encroaches on margin of internal cervical os
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Preeclampsia
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Disease encountered after 20 weeks of gestation or early in the puerperium; a vasopastic disease process characterized by increasing hypertension and proteinura (0.3g protein or higher in a 24hour urine collection)
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