Preeclampsia and Eclampsia (Pregnancy Toxemia): Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management

Preeclampsia is a syndrome characterized by hypertension and proteinuria or hypertension and end-organ dysfunction without proteinuria after 20 weeks of pregnancy. It is the second most common cause of maternal death after bleeding in Turkey and worldwide. It is seen in 4.6% of pregnancies and has multisystemic effects. Since it is a disease that every physician may encounter in his clinical practice, it would be better to have knowledge about it in order to identify risk groups early and to prevent multiorgan damage.