Exclusion criteria
pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, liver disease, seizures
PRE-ECLAMPSIA, SICKLE CELL DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, ANTEPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE, FOETAL DEATH, DIABETES MELLITUS, ECLAMPSIA, LIVER DISEASE, RENAL DISEASE, ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE, PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES
We excluded patients without a fetal heart at the time of enrollment, patients with other obstetric emergencies such as antepartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (defined as elevated blood pressure of at least 140/90 mm Hg, urine protein of at least 2+, any of the danger signs and seizures), premature rupture of membranes and intrauterine foetal death. Patients with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, sickle cell disease, renal disease, liver disease and heart disease.