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Effect of pregnancy induced hypertension on mothers and their babies
Sandhya Sivakumar1, B Vishnu Bhat, Bhawana Ashok Badhe
1Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Objective:
To study the hematological profile of mothers with pregnancy induced hypertension and their infants.
Methods:
The effects of maternal hypertension on the hematological profile of neonates were studied in 50 cases comparing the values with that of infants born to normotensive mothers.
Results:
There was higher number of preterm, Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) babies among the infants of hypertensive mothers. There was a significantly higher incidence of thrombocytopenia and nucleated RBCs seen in these babies. Significant neutropenia was not documented and there was no increased incidence of bleeding when compared to controls.
Conclusion:
Although there were significant changes in the hematological profile of infants born to hypertensive mothers, there was no significant increase in neonatal morbidity as a result of these changes.
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