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Volume 8 Issue 9 (September, 2020)

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Retrospective assessment of cases of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Priyanka Kumari, Anupama Sinha

Background: Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is hypertension that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation in women with previously normal blood pressure. The three primary characteristics of pregnancy induced hypertension conditions are high blood pressure, protein in the urine and pathologic edema. Hence; the present study was undertaken for retrospectively assessing cases of pregnancy induced hypertension. Materials & methods: Enrolment of data records of a total of 763 pregnancy subjects was included in the present study. Complete demographic and clinical details of all the subjects were recorded. Clinical examination details were recorded for all the subjects. Based on blood pressure values, presence of PIH was segregated. Assessment of profile of patients with PIH was done. Results: PIH was found to be present in 71 subjects (9.3 percent prevalence). Mean of the subjects with PIH was found to be 24.1 years. Parity was one to three in 60.56 percent of the subjects. Gestational age was between 37 to 42 in 71.83 percent of the subjects. 52.11 percent of the subjects with PIH were associated with presence of psychological stress. Conclusion: Approximately nine percent of the subjects had pregnancy induced hypertension. Inadequate knowledge of management of PIH is a danger to the proper management of PIH. Key words: Pregnancy, Hypertension, Premature.

 
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