Eclampsia in Kuwait 1981-1993.

The aim of this study is to investigate the maternal and fetal outcome and the risk factors for developing eclampsia in Kuwait. The study includes all patients with eclampsia observed at the Maternity Hospital, Kuwait during the period from 1981 to 1993. It revealed that the risk factors predisposing to eclampsia were primiparity, a maternal age below 30 years, multiple pregnancy and the presence of preeclampsia. The pregnancy outcome in terms of the stillbirth rate, neonatal death rate and low birth-weight babies was significantly higher in mothers with eclampsia than in noneclamptic mothers. The operative delivery and maternal mortality rates were also significantly higher in these patients.