[Eclampsia management at the Civil Hospital Medical Complex of Guadalajara]. / Manejo de la eclampsia en el Complejo Médico Hospital Civil de Guadalajara.

Prospectively from 1986 to 1988 we studied at the "Complejo Médico Hospital Civil de Guadalajara" 17 eclamptic patients treated with diazoxide besides magnesium sulfate, diazepam and dexamethasone. The average age was 25.4 years, the average gestational age was 33.5 weeks and the average dose of diazoxide was 210 mgs. In the 88.2% of the patients the general anesthesia was used. The average Apgar at minute was 6.6 and 8.8 at five minutes. The newborns average weight was 2,135 g. We had one maternal death (5.8%) and two perinatals demise (11.8%). The more frequent maternal complications were the blindness and oliguria postdelivery and the average maternal hospitalization was 5.7 days.