Convulsions in hypertensive, proteinuric primiparas more than 24 hours after delivery. Eclampsia or some other cause?
Brown, C.E.; Cunningham, F.G.; Pritchard, J.A.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 32(7): 499-503
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 3625613 Document Number: 291287
A diagnosis of eclampsia has been considered inappropriate when the onset of a convulsion is greater than 24 hours after delivery. The observations presented here provide strong support for waiving the 24-hour rule, at least when convulsions from no other apparent cause and accompanied by hypertension and proteinuria occur in a primipara as late as 10 days postpartum. Late postpartum eclampsia seems an appropriate term for this very uncommon condition.