Association between Maternal and Neonatal Blood Pressure

Objective: this study aims to describe the blood pressure profile of newborns of preeclampsia mothersin vali-e-asr hospital during 2003–2004.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study 200 mothers and their newborns were studied. blood pressure of all newborns was checked by oscillometric method on the first day after birth and recorded in a questionnaire along with information pertaining to the mother, obtained by interview or through medical file retrieval.results: the newborns of mothers with high systolic (>140 mmhg) and diastolic (>90 mmhg) bloodpressure had mean systolic (65.40 mmhg) and diastolic (42.85 mmhg) blood pressures higher thanthat in neonates of normotensive mothers( p <0.006). mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure ofneonates whose mothers were preeclampsia (68.2/42.11 mmhg or chronically hypertensive (68.59/41.50 mmhg–) were significantly higher than neonates of normotensive mothers (p<0.0001 andp<0.002, respectively).newborns of smokers had significantly higher blood pressures too (p<0.02).conclusion: mother’s blood pressure can affect neonatal blood pressure. chronic hypertension, pre–eclampsia, and cigarette smoking in mothers can adversely alter neonatal blood pressure. thesematernal conditions should be screened and managed as soon as possible