Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

FUNDUS CHANGES IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION

Rashmi. G, Neha Sharma, Usha. B. R, Reshma Ravindra

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Aim: To determine the prevalence of retinal changes in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and to correlate the retinal changes with severity of PIH. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted over a period of 6 months in a tertiary care hospital from January 2018 to June 2018 with a sample size of 150 PIH patients. Records of all the patients diagnosed with gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia were reviewed which included detailed ocular examination with fundus evaluation and the findings were noted. Results: Out of 150 patients included in the study, fundus changes were seen in 74 (49.3%) patients. 37(24.6%) cases had grade 1 hypertensive retinopathy, 16 (10.6 %) cases had grade 2 hypertensive retinopathy, 6 (4%) had grade 3 hypertensive retinopathy. 4 (2.6%) cases had exudative retinal detachment and 11cases (7.3%) had macular edema. Conclusion: Regular fundus examination is a very important diagnostic tool for prediction of severity of PIH and thereby improving the maternal and fetal outcome by managing the pregnancy judiciously and providing timely intervention. Therefore, repeated fundus examination at regular intervals has to be done in all PIH patients

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FUNDUS CHANGES IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION, RASHMI.G, NEHA SHARMA, USHA.B.R, RESHMA RAVINDRA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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