Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

Evaluation of serum electrolytes in preeclamptic pregnant women: A Hospital Based Study

Dr Prafula Kumar Mishra

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Preeclampsia is the most common medical complication of pregnancy. It is also known as pregnancy-induced hypertension or toxemia and is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal mortality throughout the world. </span><span style="font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">My aim was to evaluation of serum electrolytes (Na</span><sup style="font-family: Andalus, serif; text-align: justify;">+</sup><span style="font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> &amp; K</span><sup style="font-family: Andalus, serif; text-align: justify;">+</sup><span style="font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">) in between cases and controls. </span><span style="font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">The serum Sodium and potassium levels were within reference range for both the groups. There was not much difference between mean values of both the groups. The difference was statistically not-significant.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>