Prevalance of Pre-Eclampsia and Factors Responsible among Third Trimester Pregnant Women in Hospital of Dhaka
Hamida Khanum
Abstract
The present study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during 2018. A total number of pregnant women with pre-eclampsia who admitted in this hospital were selected as study group. This was Analytical type of Cross-sectional study. Most of the participants were within 21-30 years of age group. The factors that were found to be significant predictors of risk for development of PE were primi-gravida, low socio-economic condition, family history of PE and hypertension, past history of PE and hypertension, past history of diabetes mellitus was also associated with development of PE. The study found that the primigravida, past history of PE, hypertension, diabetes mellitus family history of PE, hypertension and obesity are the major risk factors for PE. A checklist containing all the risk factors is to be asked routinely in antenatal checkup to prevent the development of PE.