Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA ECLAMPSIA AND HELLP SYNDROME

Prachi Sood*, Abhishek Chhibber*, Mandeep Kaur and Amit Sharma

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Abstract

Hypertension is the most common medical complication in pregnancy. Major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is defined and classified. An update of the literature pertinent to hypertension in pregnancy is presented but the term pre-eclampsia still is mysterious, difficult to understand and its present management focus on treatment of its manifestations. The proteinurea is no more considered the diagnostic test for hypertension in pregnancy. The existing tests that have been proposed for screening preeclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome are broadly described. Finally, the goals of treatment, current management guidelines are reviewed and the benefits, risks associated with various antihypertensive drug classes are described.

Keywords: Pre-eclampsia; HELLP syndrome; Blood pressure; Proteinuria; Chronic hypertension.