Magnesium sulfate is an evidence-based anticonvulsant drug used to prevent and control eclampsia. Controversy persists on routine administration of magnesium sulfate in cases of pre-eclampsia without severe features. Our objective was to assess the pattern of blood pressure and maternal symptoms preceding eclamptic seizure based on the current published work.A comprehensive computer-based publication search was conducted in the African Journals Online, Google scholar, HINARI, PubMed, and MEDLINE databases and the Cochrane library to identify descriptive study reports for blood pressure, severity symptoms or stage of pregnancy during convulsion in women with eclampsia.A total of 59 publications were eligible for this review. Overall, 21,149 eclamptic women from 26 countries were included for the interest of one or more of the selected variables. Out of 18,488 eclamptic women, the proportion of antepartum, intrapartum and post-partum eclampsia was 59

作者：Yifru, Berhan；Asres, Berhan

来源：The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research 2015 年 41卷 6期