Pitfalls
- Not considering pre-eclampsia or HELLP syndrome in the differential diagnosis due to non-specific presenting symptoms
- Not recognising severe features of pre-eclampsia
- Managing the pregnant patient with new seizures according to standard seizure treatment protocols rather than as suspected eclampsia
- Not referring early to obstetrics for specialist management
- Overlooking pre-eclampsia as a potential diagnosis when the onset is in the postpartum period.