Transient cerebral circulatory disorder in pregnant women
Vil'nevitskaia, T.L.; Gusev, V.A.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 87(9): 1305-1308
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3425070 Document Number: 291760
Etiological factors and clinical course of transient disorders of the cerebral circulation developing at various terms of gestation and in the immediate post-partal period were studied in 132 women. Early symptoms of a cerebral crisis included headache, vertigo, palpitation, dyspnea, darkness in the eyes, noise in the ears or head, paresthesia, and dumbness of the legs. Occasionally, it had to be differentiated from a cerebral stroke. The most important etiological factors of this cerebrovascular pathology included toxemia of pregnancy, exacerbation of the rheumatic process, essential hypertension, vegetovascular dystonia, intracranial aneurysm, etc. Various combinations of a number of etiological factors of transient disorders of the cerebral circulation are possible. Recommendations about the management of pregnancy and parturition are offered.