How to Use eclampsia in a Sentence

eclampsia

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  • Pregnant women over the age of 35 are at a higher risk of pre-eclampsia.
    — Amanda Musa, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Felix had severe pre-eclampsia, which put her and her daughter’s life at risk.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The most effective way to treat pre-eclampsia is to deliver the baby and the placenta.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • But with the development of pre-eclampsia, I was taken in for an urgent C-section that same day.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2018
  • Preeclampsia severe enough to affect brain function and cause seizures or comas is called eclampsia.
    — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 27 July 2018
  • Research suggests that rates of preeclampsia and eclampsia are about 60% higher for black women than for white women.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 14 Apr. 2020
  • One day, the blood pressure of a woman with eclampsia was skyrocketing when the electricity shut off.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Two days later, a Caesarean section prompted by the beginnings of eclampsia brought Max into the world.
    — Amelia Cheatham, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 July 2017
  • As a result, the staff was struggling with very serious cases: women who, like this young patient with eclampsia, would have simply died at home.
    — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The woman had a history of pre-eclampsia, a blood-pressure condition that can be fatal for both mother and baby.
    — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2017
  • For the pregnant mother, iron deficiency means a greater risk of infection, pre-eclampsia and bleeding.
    — Sharman Apt Russell, Scientific American, 20 May 2021
  • In the United States, most maternal deaths linked to pre-eclampsia occur after delivery.
    — Katherine Zoepf, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Stress has also caused pre-eclampsia, a complication of elevated blood pressure that can be lethal.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Kristen had pre-eclampsia and needed to be admitted to the hospital for monitoring.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • In 2018, Felix gave birth two months early to her daughter Camryn due to pre-eclampsia, a blood pressure condition that arises during pregnancy that can be fatal if the mother goes to full term.
    — Olivia Perez, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Many complications — from pre-eclampsia to growth restriction and stillbirth — do not become apparent until late in pregnancy, but most can be traced back to the first trimester and problems with the placenta.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Black mothers died most often from heart conditions and blood pressure complications like preeclampsia and eclampsia.
    — Anna Claire Vollers | [email protected], al.com, 9 June 2019
  • After undergoing an emergency c-section due to pre-eclampsia, Jarlock gave birth to her boys in January 2016.
    — Jon Waterhouse, ajc, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Some major pregnancy complications—pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, even still births—are thought to be due to problems in the development of the placenta during the first trimester.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2018
  • West has been open about her pregnancy struggles, having suffered pre-eclampsia, a complication characterized by high blood pressure with both North and Saint.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 10 June 2019
  • Felix is familiar with eclampsia; she was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia before giving birth to her daughter, Camryn, in 2018.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • After learning that pre-eclampsia is 60% more common in Black women than white women, Felix decided to share her experience publicly.
    — Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
  • Here's what to know about some serious and potentially life-threatening complications in labor: What is eclampsia?
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • Hyperemesis is also linked with a higher risk of pregnancy complications including preterm birth, pre-eclampsia and blood clots.
    — Alice Callahan, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Beyonce endured pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication where a person experiences high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and body swelling.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Originally due in mid-April, Motley was admitted to the hospital in late March at 37 weeks pregnant after she was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, often characterized as high blood pressure.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Among the leading causes of these deaths —high blood pressure, bleeding, infection, heart failure, blood clots, pre-eclampsia, and mental health conditions — only bleeding is obvious in its presentation.
    — Adam Wolfberg, STAT, 5 Mar. 2020
  • In pre-eclampsia, which gives pregnant women dangerously high blood pressure, levels of both syncytin 1 and syncytin 2 drop dramatically.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2012
  • Earlier research has shown a connection between pollution and health problems for pregnant women, such as hypertension and pre-eclampsia.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The activity of the schizophrenia genes is dialed up especially if the mother has pre-eclampsia or another pregnancy complication.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 28 May 2018

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