[Complex therapy of obstetric patients hospitalized for eclampsia and systemic complications in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy in the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice].

The paper reviews the treatment introduced to control cerebral oedema in 30 puerperal women with eclampsia, tonic-clonic seizures and symptoms of increased JcP. Methods of hypotensive treatment, introduced in 23 of 30 patients are presented. Other elements of the therapeutical management aimed at the maintenance of homeostasis, normothermia, normotension and normoglycaemia are also discussed in the paper. Patients required not only complex pharmacological therapy but also mechanical ventilation by means of respirator, often with use of special techniques.