Screening for pre-eclampsia

Pre-eclampsia is the development of high blood pressure and loss of protein in the urine during the second half of pregnancy

• Pre-eclampsia affects about 2% of pregnancies and in a few of such cases there is a risk to the life of both the mother and the fetus
• Identification of women at high-risk of developing  pre-eclampsia could potentially improve pregnancy outcome. Intensive maternal and fetal monitoring in such patients would lead to an earlier diagnosis and treatment of the disease to avoid the development of serious complications