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Abstract
Ninety patients with severe preeclampsia were reviewed. There was one maternal mortality and two patients who developed pulmonary edema. The corrected perinatal mortality rate was 143/1000. Epidural anesthesia did not adversely affect fetal outcome. Perinatal morbidity and mortality was mainly related to the development of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
Twenty-three neonates developed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). RDS was strongly associated (p <. 001) with gestational age. RDS was not associated with mode of delivery, sex or perinatal asphyxia.