Gestosis as a course of maternal mortality

In the present article analysis of maternal mortality of gestosis is undertaken. The study was carried out from 1996 till 1999 in Saint-Petersburg. During this period nine patients died of gestosis (7.0: 100.000 childbirth). The share of gestosis in the structure of maternal mortality increased from 2 7.9 ±5.7% in 1988- 1995 to 40.9±10.5% in 1996-1999. At the same time the tendency towards increasing of frequency of this complication is displayed: 13.2% in 1986-1990, 24.0% in 1991-1995 and30.5% in 1996-1999. The analysis made it possible to determine two variants of gestosis clinical picture and to expose some mistakes in treatment of patients at the prenatal stage, during the period of delivery and postnatal period.