European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

THE PREVALENCE OF JAUNDICE DURING PREGNANCY AND ITS IMPACT ON NEWBORN

Richa Gupta*, Dr. Richa Thakur, Pervinder Kaur, Dr. Pankaj Kaul and Saimah Jan

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Incidence of jaundice in pregnancy, including underlying chronic liver diseases, is considerable. Several factors are responsible for the jaundice status in pregnancy. In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the prevalence of jaundice during pregnancy and its impact on newborn. Methodology: The study was conducted on purposively selected 43 pregnant women of abnormal liver functions in the Department of Gynecology and hospital laboratory in the department of Biochemistry of Dr. Singh Path Lab and General Hospital, Sarkaghat, Himachal Pradesh, a Secondary Care Hospital, from January to June 2024. The age range of the participants were recorded as 20-40 years. The participants were divided into two groups, i.e. age group 20-30 years and age group 31-40 years. Informed consent was also taken from all participants. Demographic data, i.e. age, residence, socio-economic status were gathered using structured questionnaire. Serum bilirubin was estimated by standard method. Results: The maximum number of participants (67.44%) was reported in age group 20-30 years. The maximum number of participants (79.07%) was reported from urban areas and the maximum number of participants (41.86%) was from upper-lower class category in their socio-economic background. The chi-square value (3.85) showed significant association (p<0.05) the bilirubin status and pregnancy. Conclusion: It could be concluded from the findings of the present study that demographic factors, such as age, residence and socio-economic factors play a considerable role in the jaundice status in pregnancy also a strong association has been established between the jaundice status and pregnancy.

Keywords: Jaundice status. Pregnancy. Demographic factors. Bilirubin.