Haematocrit Value in Preeclampsia

Autor: Hasina Begum, Nahid Yasmin, Maliha Rashid, Kohinoor Begum, Sankar Kumar Basak
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 30:80-85
ISSN: 2408-8404
1018-4287
DOI: 10.3329/bjog.v30i2.30896
Popis: Objective(s): To assess the association between the haematocrit value and severity of preeclampsia.Materials & Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka during the period of January 2012 to December 2013. Total of 100 patients were studied and they were divided into two groups – group-A and group-B. Fifty preeclamptic patients were included in the group-A and 50 normal pregnant women were included in the group-B.Results: Majority of preeclamptic women (68%) and normal pregnant women (76%) were in the age group of 20-30 years with the mean ages of group-A and group-B subjects were 26.50±5.71 and 26.26±4.91 years respectively. Eighty six percent of group-A and 70% of group-B women were of lower socioeconomic status. Majority of the study subjects (74% of group-A and 80% of group-B) were housewife. More than half (54%) of the preeclamptic women were primigravid and 60% of normal pregnant women were multigravid. Among the preeclamptic subjects 16 (32%) had mild hypertension (DBP
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