Evidence suggests that up to 13% of women with pre-eclampsia will have underlying chronic or essential
hypertension that was not suspected antenatally.50–52
7. Auditable standards
● Rate of documented involvement of consultant obstetrician and anaesthetist in acute management.
● Proportion of women with full complement of appropriate investigations.
● Proportion of women in whom fluid has been restricted appropriately to 80 ml/hour.
● Proportion of women receiving appropriate magnesium sulphate prophylaxis.
● Proportion of women with eclampsia treated with magnesium sulphate.
● Proportion of women attending for postnatal review and/or preconceptional counselling.