Khadija Sattar, Shabana Kokhar, Bushra Sultana.
Role of Antihypertensive Drugs in Pregnant patients with Hypertensive Disorders.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(4):1880-2.

Aim: To determine the role of antihypertensive drugs in pregnant patients with hypertensive disorders. Methods : This analytical study was carried out in the Gyanae ward, Umar Hospital Multan from February 2015 to September 2015. Three hundred and ten cases were selected from patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria, who were admitted in the umar Hospital Multan bas ed upon inclusion criteria. Results: Patients mean age was 23.38+/-3.87 years. Majority of the patients 147(47.4%) were between the age of 21 –25 years. Majority of women were primigravidae 140 (45.2%). Mean gestational age was 35.23+/-3.9 weeks. All the patients having HELLP syndrome were unbooked. There were 195(62.9%) cases of severe preeclampsia and 115 (37.1%) cases of eclampsia. All the cases in which HELLP syndrome developed were included as cases of eclampsia. Conclusion: A low frequency of HELLP syndrome was found in our study i.e. 5.8% as compared to local data effectively managed by antihypertensive drugs.

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