The diagnosis and management of pre‐eclampsia

38 Pre-eclampsia causes increased mortality and morbidity in both mother and fetus. Worldwide, the incidence of maternal death directly related to pregnancy varies widely (6–686 per 100,000 live births) but the consistent feature is that pre-eclampsia is the first or second commonest cause of such death in most countries, and responsible for up to 50% of deaths directly due to pregnancy and its complications.