Article Published In Vol.8 (March-April-2020)

Hypertension: A Chaos of Pregnancy

Author : Syed Farhhan Uddin, Dr Naushaba Rizwan and Dr Kiran Waheed

Background: The incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension and it complications are increasing in the routine clinical practice of Gynecology and obstetrics.
Objectives: To study the prevalence of Pregnancy induced hypertension and its associated complications.
Methodology: It was a prospective comparative type of study which was conducted in the Mohammad Medical College hospital MirpurKhas. It was carried out from July 2018 to July 2019. In this study 150 patients were included, 50 were of control group and 100 were of test group. Two groups were made age wise, 75 were below 30 years and 75 were above 30 years.
Results:Abortion 22% (p=.001), APH 20% (p=.001), PPH 21% (p=.004), Pre term labor 14% (p=.002), IUGR 26% (p=.001), eclampsia 10% (p=.000), Pre eclampsia 23% (.000), maternal mortality 13 %( 004), Fetal mortality 15% (.002) signifies a close relationship with pregnancy induced hypertension.
Conclusion: It was concluded that pregnancy induced hypertension increases the risks, complications and mortality in pregnancy.

Keywords: Hypertension, pregnancy, pre eclampsia, eclampsia