Other maternal short-term complications include
central nervous system dysfunction, hepatocellular
injury, thrombocytopenia, acute disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC), oliguria, pulmonary edema,
cerebrovascular events and placental abruption.11-14
In one study of 4,188 women with preeclampsia the
incidence of one or more systemic complications was
6%. Haematologic complications were most common
and the incidence of placental abruption was 2.8%.15
PIH-associated complications are more frequent
in early-onset (< gestational week 32) compared to
late-onset PE.16 A comparative study showed that
women with PE and superimposed PE have the same
rates of perinatal complications. By contrast, women
with superimposed PE had a significantly higher risk
of intervention-related complications, such as delivery
at < gestational week 34, caesarean delivery and
neonatal intensive care unit admission.