Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY IN BUNDELKHAND REGION

Dr. Sushila Kharakwal, Dr. Shashi Bala, Dr. Umesh Kumari Yadav

Abstract :

Introduction: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are among the leading causes of maternal and perinatal deaths in developing countries1. Hypertension is a common medical problem that affects 20%-30% of the adult population and more than 5%-8% of all pregnancies in the world2,3. Material method:  It is a cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in M.L.B Medical College Jhansi. Among the 3500 cases of delivery 364 had hypertension (10.4%). The maternal variables studied were: age, parity, status of mother’s BP. Data were extracted upon referring to mothers’ existing files, and gathered by completing the study’s data collection questionnaire. Result: Among the 3500 mothers who had delivered in the hospital 364 had HTN (10.4%). Most mothers fell in the 21-30 years age-group (58.1%), (9.8 %) were aged under 20 and 32.1% were aged over 30 years. 31% were nulliparous and only 4% had over 5 pregnancies. <o:p></o:p>

Keywords :

Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Preeclampsia Eclampsia

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Dr. Sushila Kharakwal, Dr. Shashi Bala, Dr. Umesh Kumari Yadav, PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY IN BUNDELKHAND REGION, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-3, March‾2017