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Descriptor English: Pre-Eclampsia
Descriptor Spanish: Preeclampsia
Descriptor preeclampsia
Entry term(s) toxemias del embarazo
Scope note: Complicación del EMBARAZO, caracterizada por un complejo de síntomas que comprenden HIPERTENSIÓN materna y PROTEINURIA con o sin EDEMA patológico. Los síntomas pueden variar de ligeros a intensos. La preeclampsia suele producirse después de la vigésima semana del embarazo, pero puede desarrollarse antes de este momento en presencia de enfermedad trofoblástica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pré-Eclâmpsia
Descriptor French: Pré-éclampsie
Entry term(s): 1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
EPH Complex
EPH Gestosis
EPH Toxemia
EPH Toxemias
Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia
Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia
Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis
Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis
Gestosis, EPH
Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension
Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria
Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension
Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis
Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis
Of Pregnancies, Toxemia
Of Pregnancy, Toxemia
Pre Eclampsia
Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1
Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s
Pregnancies, Toxemia Of
Pregnancy Toxemia
Pregnancy Toxemias
Pregnancy, Toxemia Of
Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis
Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis
Toxemia Of Pregnancies
Toxemia Of Pregnancy
Toxemia, EPH
Toxemia, Pregnancy
Toxemias, EPH
Toxemias, Pregnancy
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.395.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011225
Scope note: A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.
Annotation: check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pregnancy Toxemias (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 1979; see PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS 1963-1978; for PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS see PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS 1963-2004; for EDEMA-PROTEINURIA-HYPERTENSION GESTOSIS see GESTOSIS, EPH 1989-2004
History Note: 1979(1963)
Related: Toxemia MeSH
DeCS ID: 11662
Unique ID: D011225
NLM Classification: WQ 215
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/04/26
Pre-Eclampsia - Preferred
Concept UI M0017443
Scope note A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.
Preferred term Pre-Eclampsia
Entry term(s) EPH Complex
EPH Gestosis
EPH Toxemia
EPH Toxemias
Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis
Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis
Gestosis, EPH
Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension
Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria
Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension
Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis
Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis
Of Pregnancies, Toxemia
Of Pregnancy, Toxemia
Pre Eclampsia
Preeclampsia
Pregnancies, Toxemia Of
Pregnancy Toxemia
Pregnancy Toxemias
Pregnancy, Toxemia Of
Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis
Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis
Toxemia Of Pregnancies
Toxemia Of Pregnancy
Toxemia, EPH
Toxemia, Pregnancy
Toxemias, EPH
Toxemias, Pregnancy
Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1 - Narrower
Concept UI M000758733
Preferred term Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1
Entry term(s) 1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia
Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s



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