MATERNAL AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES IN PREECLAMPSIA,ECLAMPSIA â€“ A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.

Umarani Pachamuthu; Vijaya Subramanian; Mohana Dhanapal

Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

MATERNAL AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES IN PREECLAMPSIA,ECLAMPSIA â€“ A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.

Umarani Pachamuthu, Vijaya Subramanian, Mohana Dhanapal

Abstract :

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with significant maternal morbidity,mortality and responsible for 20% of perinatal mortality,morbidity.This retrospective study is about the maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and eclampsia. METHODS: Total 8108 deliveries which occurred between july 2014 to june 2015 at Government Kasturba Gandhi hospital,Chennai were taken up for the study.Among those deliveries,pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia,eclampsia were evaluated for their outcomes. RESULTS: During the study period,incidence of preeclampsia was 5.9%,eclampsia was 0.38%.About 3.4% of maternal deaths and 10.3% of perinatal deaths were due to preeclampsia,eclampsia. CONCLUSION: Increased maternal morbidity&mortality,perinatal morbidity&mortality were more among the pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia,eclampsia.