A PROSPECTIVE STUDY TO KNOW ASSOCIATION OF PLACENTAL IMPLANTATION WITH DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY

Abstract

Objective- The aim of study is to assess correlation of placental implantation with development of hypertension in pregnancy. The secondary objective was to See the relationship between placental location and complications of PIH such as abnormal Doppler Study Design-An Observational prospective comparative study was conducted on 300 antenatal women attending the obstetric clinic at our institute. Results-There is significant association between occurrence of hypertension with location of placenta as out of the 81 women with PIH,56(69.1% %) had laterally located placenta. There is no significant association between USG obstetrics in patients with PIH with location of placenta as out of 81 patients with PIH, 11 had abnormal USG obstetrics &colour Doppler of which 2 had central placenta and 9 had lateral placenta Conclusion- It is concluded that laterally located placenta on ultrasound at 18 – 24 weeks is associated with increased risk of development of preeclampsia so careful obstetric intervention is essential to decrease the maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with Hypertension.