A study on the prevalence of PIH and its relation with Platelet count.

Dr. Jonalee Gogoi; Dr. Leena Gandharva; Dr. Rituparna Barooah

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

A study on the prevalence of PIH and its relation with Platelet count.

Dr. Jonalee Gogoi, Dr. Leena Gandharva, Dr. Rituparna Barooah

Abstract :

Pregnancy induced hypertension is one of the most common and potentially life threatening complications of pregnancy. It affects 5–8% of all pregnancies and is one of the leading causes of high morbidity for both mother and fetus, especially in developing countries. The present study was conducted in 92 pregnant women in department of Physiology , Tezpur Medical college (Casualty), over a period of 6 months. Blood pressure was measured in all the patients and venous blood sample was collected for platelet count from those who were detected to have PIH. The prevalence of PIH was found to be 80.43%. Mean±SD of SBP, DBP & Platelet count was 167.50±27.18, 116.46±27.17 and 2.00±0.30 respectively. Pearsons correlation coefficient of SBP with Platelet count was –0.99768 and p value was .0001. Pearsons correlation coefficient of DBP with Platelet count was –0.99751 and p value was .0001. Summary: In this study it was observed that PIH is significantly associated with the low platelet count.