Figure 1: Serum nitric oxide levels ([micro]M) in subjects with
pregnancy-induced hypertension compared with the controls Serum NO level ([micro]M) PIH 18.5 Controls 36.9 Note: Table made from bar graph.
The objective of the study was to compare the weight and volume of placentae in normotensive pregnancies versus patients with
pregnancy-induced hypertension. Tow null hypotheses were of no difference in weight and volume of placentae in normotensive and PIH pregnancies.
Thus, the present study will be undertaken to find the changes that occur in the coagulation parameters and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in
pregnancy-induced hypertension as compared to that in normal pregnancy.
The main outcome was the prevalence of GDM, and the secondary outcomes included birthweight, gestational age at delivery, rates of preterm birth (delivery before completed 37 weeks), small-for-gestational age (birthweight of less than 5th percentile for each gestational week), large-for-gestational age (birthweight of greater than 90th percentile for each gestational week), low Apgar scores (less than 7 at 5 minutes), cesarean section, and
pregnancy-induced hypertension.
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 ( ANI ): As per recent statistics, about 7% to 10% of pregnant women experience
pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH).
We thought all along that I was just being monitored as I had been diagnosed with
pregnancy-induced hypertension. After a while, my doctor arrived and told us that I needed to undergo an emergency caesarian section because I was already suffering from internal bleeding due to 70 percent placental abruption,' she said.
An article from the Mayo Clinic says that “studies have suggested that prenatal yoga can: Improve sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, increase the strength, flexibility and endurance of muscles needed for childbirth, decrease lower back pain, nausea, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches and shortness of breath, decrease the risk of preterm labor,
pregnancy-induced hypertension and intrauterine growth restriction — a condition that slows a baby's growth.”1 All of these things help pregnant women feel more comfortable and confident in their rapidly changing bodies.
Comment:
Pregnancy-induced hypertension can have deleterious consequences for both mother and fetus.
In most studies, teenage pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of
pregnancy-induced hypertension, premature labour and anaemia.
METHODS: Births in the study area from 1990 through 2004 were examined to generate case groups of stillbirth (n = 106),
pregnancy-induced hypertension (n = 224), preterm birth (n = 3,613), term low birth weight (n = 918), term small-for-gestational-age (SGA) (n = 353), and a continuous measure of birth weight among a sample of term births (n = 4,534).