Toppozada M, Khowessah M, Shaala S, Abd-Rabbo S, Zoheir A. Treatment of severe pre-eclampsia by acetyl salicylic acid.
ASIA-OCEANIA JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1991;
17:19-26. [PMID:
2064587 DOI:
10.1111/j.1447-0756.1991.tb00246.x]
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Abstract
Low-dose Aspirin inhibits thromboxane A2 with minimal effects on prostacyclin and induces clinical improvements in pre-eclampsia. Two groups of pre-eclamptic women (10 in each) were treated either by low-dose acetyl salicylic acid (group I) or by conventional therapy (group II). Both groups showed a significant drop in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, a decrease in temperature, edema and albuminuria and an increase in urine volume. These effects were more significant in group I than in group II, except for the diastolic blood pressure. The obstetric progress and perinatal outcome were rather similar in both groups. These data offer a new potential therapeutic measure for the management of severe pre-eclampsia and call for further evaluation in a larger group of cases.
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