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Table 6 Comparison of the prevalence of organ system dysfunction/failure per severely ill pregnant women with complications due to hypertension for patients only from the Pretoria area.

From: Evaluation of a strict protocol approach in managing women with severe disease due to hypertension in pregnancy: A before and after study

Organ system

1997–1998

2002–2003

 

SAMM n = 31

MD n = 9

SAMM+MD N = 40

% OSD

SAMM N = 56

MD N = 8

SAMM+MD N = 64

% OSD

Hypovolaemic shock

2

0

2

5.0

3

1

4

6.3

Respiratory failure

7

3

10

25.0

16

2

18

28.1

Cardiac failure

12

4

16

40.0

13

3

16

25.0

Renal failure

6

1

7

17.5

5

1

6

9.4

Liver failure

0

0

0

0.0

1

1

2

3.1

Cerebral complications

8

4

12

30.0

4

3

7

10.9

Haematological dysfunction

9

1

10

25.0

19

1

20

31.3

Immune system failure

0

1

0

2.5

2

2

4

6.3

  1. % OSD – Percentage of severely ill women who developed that organ system dysfunction/failure
  2. Note: A patient can have more than one organ system dysfunction/failure