A study of prevalence and clinical profile of the patients having hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 21, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is a condition in which the pregnant woman presents with an elevated blood pressure during pregnancy or puerperium as defined in 1986 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is seen after 20weeks of pregnancy. It affects almost 6-10% of all pregnancies worldwide. Systolic blood pressure above 140 and diastolic blood pressure above 90mm of Hg with associated proteinuria. Eclampsia means patients with severe preeclampsia develop tonic-clonic convulsions. Material and Method: It was prospective hospital based observational study of patients of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy conducted at Bharti Hospital, Sangli in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In this study patients with essential hypertension and chronic hypertension, patients with known renal disease prior to pregnancy were excluded. Results: The prevalence of Hypertension overall was 29.20 i.e. 125 out 428 ANC registered women. As per age wise in 10-16 years age group it was 29.26% in 17-19 years was 15.00 in 20-24 years. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of PIH in our study was Hypertension overall was 29.20. And associated factors were Obesity, H/o Hypertension, Family H/O of PIH, Diabetes, Primipara, H/O Exposure to Smoking.
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Vidya Jadhav, Supriya Waydande
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