Maternal, fetal and neonatal complications are correlated with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.  In this context, the maternal blood uric acid level is reported to be one of the prognostic factors in determining the prenatal outcome.  Based on the existing data, the present descriptive study was performed on two groups of women with severe preeclampsia; the first group (n=53) with a uri...

Neurological findings in preeclampsia fulfill diagnostic criteria of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), which is related to cerebral autoregulation impairment associated with high blood pressure. In preeclampsia, PRES may occur without a significant increase in blood pressure. Our aim was to investigate the association between ophthalmic artery resistive index (OARI) and clini...

The current work aimed to study the effect of preeclampsia on maternal serum level of beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin and maternal plasma level of adenosine deaminase. Ninety pregnant women with gestational age 24 26 weeks were selected for this study, they were classified into three groups: group 1 consists of 30 women with normal pregnancy, group 2 consists of 30 patients with mi...

Objective. To observe the influence of preeclampsia during pregnancy. Materials and methods. 5711 patient's records of the year 2008 and 6188 patient's records of the year 2009 of Obstetric/Gynecologic hospital 'Queen Geraldina' have been consulted. The age of women that we studied in 2008 was between 23-35 and in 2009 was be-tween 25-34 years old. We have made a careful diagnose of inducted hy...

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between preeclampsia umbilical blood flow changes and the pregnancy outcomes. METHOD The umbilical arterial blood flow parameters including the S/D, pulsatility index (PI), resistance index (RI) and the average birth weight, Apgar score and placental weight changes were analyzed in 106 preeclampsia patients (including 43 mild and 63 severe cases), with 89 w...

BACKGROUND During normal pregnancy, changes in thyroid function are well documented; however, information regarding thyroid function in preeclampsia is scanty. AIM The present study was planned to study thyroid hormones in mild and severe preeclamptic women and normotensive women and correlate them with outcome of pregnancy. SUBJECT AND METHODS Thyroid hormones were analyzed in mild (n = 50...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the change of level of serum homocysteine (Hcy), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitric oxide (NO) and clinical significance in patients with HDCP. METHODS Two hundred and thirty nine patients with HDCP (137 patients with mild preeclampsia, 102 patients with severe preeclampsia) who were hospitalized between June 2012 and June 2015 and 200 normal pregnancy women in outpatient...

OBJECTIVE Hypertension disorders are associated with higher rates of maternal, fetal, and infant mortality, and severe morbidity, especially in cases of severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome. The aim of the study was to determine maternal outcomes in pregnant women with severe preeclampsia. DATA SOURCE The data source consisted of 349 cases with severe preeclampsia. DESIGN A cr...