Patterns of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and associated factors at debre berhan referral hospital, north shoa, amhara region.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of HDP shows an increasing pattern over the last years. Preeclampsia and eclampsia together take the lion-share of HDP. Primi-gravida women are affected more frequently than multi-gravida women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. HDP was associated with major adverse perinatal and maternal outcome. PMID: 26591284 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26591284?dopt=Abstract

Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research