HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY. DO THESE PATIENTS REQUIRE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT? A STUDY CONDUCTED ON 8,743 ADMISSIONS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

Abstract

17lis study was conducted on 8,743 pregnant women, who reported to the labour units of University Hospitalsfrom January 1993tiU January 1995. Out ofthis influx a/pregnant women, only 762 hadprel{nancy induced "YEertension (PIll), an incidence approximating 8.71%. Mild and moderate cases ofpreeclampsia formed 78.35% and severe preeclampsia was only 21.65% ofthe entire and established cases of PlY We had only one maternal mortality and one case ofconvulsive episode. Five patients had /0 undergo predate Caessarian section (es). Most of our patients JeU within the age range of20-25 years. The findings accumulatedfrom this study is presented with an acceptedprotocol ofanesthetic management The study was aimed at providing statistical analysis of these high risks obstetric cases. An attempt was made tofind and explore a logical panacea, which would possibly allay the anxieties
and apprehensions ofthe obstetricians and anesthesiologists catenngfor these patients with their complicated and erratic pathophysiology.