Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ( Hcg)- Levels In Pre-Eclampsia And Hyperemesis

Kalpana Thalava, Manmatharaj, E. Prabhakar Reddy, A. Vaithialingam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Pre-eclampsia is a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. A predictor of pre-eclampsia would enable intervention, close surveillance and timely delivery, and thereby reduce the negative consequences of the disorder. The overall aim of this work was to study potential predictors of pre-eclampsia by Biochemically by hcg. In the group of women who developed pre-eclampsia the levels of hcg were significantly lower in gestational weeks and second trimesters compared to women with a normal healthy pregnancy and also in first trimester.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">( p&lt;0.05). As hCG levels may be both a cause and an effect of placentation, time of onset of hyperemesis gravidarum may be a clinical marker of risks of preeclampsia and other abnormal placentation disorders. In very early pregnancy,high hCG levels may favour normal pregnancy development, while later in pregnancy, abnormal placentation may cause high hCG levels and thereby hyperemesis gravidarum.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;&#10;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>