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Background: Hypertensive disorders are major factors responsible for morbidity and mortality in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia is the leading cause. The etiopathology of pre-eclampsia is not known even after significant research done on it. A strong strategy in its management is to try to reduce the incidence and severity by predicting its occurrence. In this study, the effect of serum calcium and serum magnesium levels is being investigated with occurrence pre-eclampsia.Methods: Total 120 pregnant patients attending Tirath Ram Shah Hospital were included in the study. They were divided into two groups namely normotensive and hypertensive of 60 each. The serum calcium and serum magnesium levels were estimated and the correlation of these levels was studied with the pre-eclampsia related factors. The data was analysed by application of statistical test of significance.Results: Mean serum calcium level in the normotensive group was 10.119±1.27 mg/dl while mean serum calcium level in the hypertensive group was 9.461±1.164. Mean serum magnesium level in the normotensive women in the study was 1.979±0.405 mg/dl. In the hypertensive women, mean serum magnesium level was 1.723±0.414 mg/dl.Conclusions: This study shows that low levels of calcium and magnesium are found in serum of pre-eclampsia patients as compared to normotensive cases of the study population. The severity of pre-eclampsia is inversely proportional to the levels of serum calcium and magnesium.
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Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are an elusive group of diseases with multifactorial etiopathologies and varied manifestation. Abnormal pre pregnancy lipid profile is shown to have a positive correlation with endothelial dysfunction which in turn leads to development of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.Methods: A total of 222 pregnant women who were aged between 18-35 years, with no obstetric and medical risk factors and less than 16 weeks of gestation who gave informed written consent were recruited for the study. Their baseline demographics and fasting blood samples were collected, blood samples were centrifuged, and serum was stored at -80-degree celsius. Patients were followed up till delivery and those with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (n=22) was identified, defined as case. Control was selected after matching for body mass index and frozen serum samples were analyzed.Results: Overall incidence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in the study group was 12.4%. The mean early trimester fasting lipid values were higher in patients who developed hypertensive disorders, difference in mean between cases and controls was TC - 16.25 mg/dl (p-0.061), TGL- 21.45 mg/dl (p-0.143), LDL- 2.4 mg/dl (p-0.82) and for HDL 4.55 mg/dl (p-0.25). However, on stratification of early trimester fasting lipid level based on National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria, Total cholesterol level greater than 160 mg/dl showed an odds ratio of 12.66 (p-0). Patients with early trimester fasting total cholesterol levels greater than 160mg/dl has a higher risk of developing hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.
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Objective To investigate the correlation factors of neonatal lenticulostriate vasculopathy. Method Four hundred and forty-seven newborns from Guangdong Women and Children Hospital were enrolled in this study. Clinical data of the newborns were obtained . Brain ultrasound studies of lenticulostriate artery were performed on the newborns. The logistic regression was performed for screening the correlation factors of neonatal lenticulostriate vasculopathy (P < 0.05). Results Results of the univariate logistic regression reveal the correlation factors tcontributing to LSV include congenital cytomegalovirus infection、neonatal asphyxia、congenital heart disease (CHD),hypertensive disorder in pregnancy (P < 0.05, respectively). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed on these factors. The congenital cytomegalovirus infection, neonatal asphyxia, CHD,hypertensive disorder in pregnancy were significantly associated with LSV (P < 0.05). Conclusion The congenital cytomegalovirus infection,neonatal asphyxia,CHD,hypertensive disorder in pregnancy are the correlation factors of neonatal lenticulostriate vasculopathy. LSV could be a predictive marker for the future development of neuropsychiatric disorders. The brain ultrasound studies of lenticulostriate artery is suggested to be performed on all infants with the correlation factors.
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Objective To investigate the changes of serum soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products(sRAGE)in patients with hypertensive disorder in pregnancy,and analyze the relationship between serum sRAGE and hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.Methods Seventy-five patients with hypertensive disorder in pregnancy including 33 gestational hypertension cases and 42 eclampsism cases,55 normal control were selected.Morphologic changes of placenta were analyzed by means of HE staining.ELISA method was used to determine the level of serum sRAGE.Results Placentomes of cytotrophoblastic cells,nodule of syneytiotrophoblast,thickening of basement membrane,fibrinoid necrosis,villus interstitial edema,reduction in vascularity of villus were much more frequently seen in hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.There were also fabric hyperplasy of hehcine artery,narrow lumina,fibrinoid neerosi and inflammatory cell infiltrating in the uterine decidua in hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.The level of serum sRAGE was significantly decreased in patients with hypertensive disorder in pregnancy[(287.6±36.5)ng/L]when compared with normal controls[(312.8±53.7)ng/L](P<0.01).In hypertensive disorder in pregnancy,the level of serum sRAGE in patients accompanied with eclampsism[(281.9±19.7)ng/L]was lower than that in patients accompanied with gestational hypertension[(293.6±20.3)ng/L](P<0.05).Conclusions HE staining of the placenta showed vascular endothelial damage is the pathogenic basis of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.The level of serum sRAGE is significantly decreased in patients with hypertensive disorder in pregnancy,it may be contributed to the pathogenesis and development of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.The level of serum sRAGE may be helpful in predicting hypertensive disorder in pregnancy.