Objective: To determine the frequency of pre-eclempsia among multigravida females.
Methodology: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in department of gynecology and obstetrics, Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot from January 2021 to June 20201. Multigravida women with the parity of 2-4, with singleton pregnancy and having gestational age >20 weeks confirmed on ultrasound, were included in the study. Those having any chronic disease like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, multi fetal pregnancy, smoking or drug addiction, history of congenital anomalies in previous children were excluded from the study. Female with blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg and proteinuria of ≥1+ detected on dipstick method either with edema or without edema was diagnosed as pre-eclempsia. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.
Results: Total of 142 multigravida females were included in the study with mean age of 27.83±4.5 years. 41(28.8%) were para-2, 68(47.8%) were para-3 and 33(23.2%) were para-4. 82(57.7%) had gestational age
Key words: Multigravida, pre-eclempsia, proteinuria, hypertension.
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