Leading Causes Of Maternal Death: Serious Preeclampsia

Preeclampsia Dept: Serious preeclampsia, one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide, is marked by very high blood pressure, protein in the urine and sometimes seizures. It usually arises in the late second trimester or the third trimester and is only cured by delivering the baby often weeks or months early, which carries the additional risks associated with premature birth, including higher risk of mortality for the baby, according to CBC. Ray said doctors may consider giving women at high risk of preeclampsia aspirin after their first trimester to prevent the condition, the cause of which is not known and women from Hispanic, Sub-Saharan African or Caribbean countries are three times more likely than women from industrialized nations to develop a pregnancy complication called serious preeclampsia, a new study has found. The new link with certain countries of origin may be used to help identify women at highest risk of the condition, said Dr. Joel Ray, a researcher at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto who co-authored the study. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.