Neonatal outcome in patients with preeclampsia

Background: preeclampsia is uniquely a disease of pregnancy that effects 57% pregnancies throughout the world. preeclampsia remains a major cause of perinatal morbidity & mortality,contributing a significant healthcare economic burden. aim: to evaluate perinatal outcome in neonates born to preeclamptic women. material & methods: study was performed on 50 normotensive women & 50 women with preeclampsia coming to the emergencies of lady wallingdon & lady aithcison hospitals,lahore. women with a diastolic bp of 86 - 130 mm hg. & proteinurea were labeled preeclamptic. babies born to these mothers were assessed for iugr,birth weight,gestational age & necessity for admission to icu. perinatal mortality was noted. results: the study demonstrated that 22% babies born to hypertensive mothers were preterm,24% required admission to icu & 32% had iugr. there was a significant decline in the birth weight of these babies. the 5 min. apgar score was also adversly affected in such babies. conclusion: the results of this study revealed that neonatal complications mostly appear in pregnancy complicated with hypertension especially in preeclampsia.