Fetomaternal Outcome in Severe Preeclamptic Women Undergoing Emergency Cesarean Section under Either General Or Spinal Anesthesia

Table 5

Comparison of maternal complications in two groups.

Complications	GROUP		Total (%)
	Spinal anesthesia	General anesthesia
Nil	91 (62.3%)	9 (33.3%)	57.8%
Headache	9 (6.2%)	0	5.2%
Vomiting	3 (2.1%)	0	1.73%
Fever and wound gaping	3 (2.1%)	0	1.73%
High blood pressure	5 (3.4%)	4 (14.8%)	5.2%
Pain at spinal injection side	14 (9.6%)	0	8%
Paresthesia	2 (1.4%)	0	1.15%
Visual disturbance	3 (2.1%)	0	1.73%
Convulsion	3 (2.1%)	2 (7.4%)	2.9%
Acute renal failure (ARF)	4 (2.8%)	2 (7.4%)	3.46%
Pulmonary edema	3 (2.1%)	6 (22.2%)	5.2%
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)	2 (1.4%)	1 (3.7%)	1.73%
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)	1 (0.7%)	2 (7.4%)	1.73%
HELLP syndrome	0	1 (3.7%)	0.57%
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)	1 (0.7%)	0	0.57%
Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)	1 (0.7%)	0	0.57%
Congestive cardiac failure (CCF)	1 (0.7%)	0	0.57%