PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION & ITS COMPLICATIONs AMONG THE PREGNANT WOMEN
Kharida Khatun* and Sharmin Sultana Munni
ABSTRACT
The study determined pregnancy-induced hypertension& its complication among pregnant women at the secondary level hospital in the Obstetrics& Gynecology Unit of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital. The main aim was to estimate the proportion of complications of pregnancy-induced hypertension & its complication among pregnant women. In this study, a cross-sectional descriptive type of study was utilized & nonprobability purposive samplings were used. The study sample consisted of 60 pregnant women randomly selected. The study was performed on the basis of quantitative data analysis. The total study period was four-month between May to August-2017.In the hospital campus for the purpose of antenatal checkup & delivery. The prevalence of pregnancy-induced hypertension among women attending delivery service in the hospital of this study was 60(7.25%). A family history of pregnancy-induced hypertension increased the risk of getting pregnancy-induced hypertension by roughly five times. Severe preeclampsia was found to be the most common type of pregnancy-induced hypertension. Further independent studies with a significantly large population will be of excellent value to determine the complication associated with pregnancy-induced hypertension.
Keywords: Pregnancy, hypertension, complications, pregnant women, Bangladesh.
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