Preeclampsia profile - pregnancy complications

Preeclampsia – pre-eclampsia is a severe multisystem disorder of pregnancy caused by abnormal blood flow in the placenta, resulting in hypertension in the pregnant woman and hypoxia in the fetus. It most often develops after the 20th week of pregnancy and poses a threat to both mother and baby and resolves by 42 days after delivery.   

This complication occurs in 3 to 5% of all pregnancies. The risk increases to 14% in twin pregnancies and up to 18% in pregnant women who ve had pre-eclampsia before.

Pre-eclampsia is a common complication in all pregnancies

Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternity-related morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that worldwide, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are responsible for about 14% of deathsóin pregnant women per year.

Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality

The package includes the following tests:

• Fertile acids,
• Direct growth factor PLGF,
• soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 sFlt-1