Clinical features and influence factors of pregnancy-induced hypertension with renal impairment at high altitude / 中华肾脏病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the incidence and clinical features of women with hypertension disorders of pregnancy complicated with renal impairment at high altitude,and explore the impact of proteinuria,renal insufficiency and preexisting chronic kidney disease (CKD) on these patients.Methods A pool of 1790 pregnant women admitted to Yunnan Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture People's Hospital from September 2017 to September 2018.Data of 123 patients who met the criteria of hypertension disorders in pregnancy were collected and retrospectively studied.Their clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes were analyzed.Patients with hypertension and renal impairment,simple hypertension patients as well as normal pregnant women were compared.Hypertensive patients with proteinuria,renal insufficiency (Scr ＞ 70 μmol/L) and preexisting CKD were also compared with simple hypertension patients.The impact of proteinuria,renal insufficiency and preexisting CKD on patients with hypertension disorders of pregnancy was assessed by multivariate logistic analysis.Results Of these 123 patients,61 cases (49.6％) had renal impairment,57 cases (46.3％) had proteinuria,15 cases (12.2％)had renal insufficiency and 6 cases (4.9％) had preexisting CKD.Compared with normal pregnant women and simple hypertension patients,patients with hypertension and renal impairment had higher blood pressure,Scr,primipara rate and caesarean section rate (all P ＜ 0.05),lower gestational age,neonatal Apgar scores and plasma albumin level (all P ＜ 0.05),as well as adverse pregnancy outcomes,including premature birth,stillbirth/neonatal death,intrauterine growth restriction,infants of low-birth weight and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) (all P ＜ 0.05).The clinical features and pregnancy outcomes of 57 patients with proteinuria correlated with the proteinuria.Compared with non-nephrotic syndrome patients and patients without proteinuria,patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) had lower plasma albumin level and higher rates of premature birth,infants of low-birth weight and admission to NICU (all P ＜ 0.05).Among 15 patients with renal insufficiency,there were 13 mild abnormal cases (70 μmol/L ＜ Scr≤ 123 μmol/L,86.7％).Compared with those with normal renal function,patients with renal insufficiency had higher Scr,uric acid and rates of preeclampsia/eclampsia,intrauterine growth restriction,infants of low-birth weight and admission to NICU,while lower plasma albumin level (all P ＜ 0.05).Among 6 patients with preexisting CKD,4 had NS,2 had renal insufficiency,5 delivered before 37 weeks,and 2 infants died.Logistic regression analysis showed that NS (0R=4.863,P=0.032),renal insufficiency (OR=7.550,P=0.017) and systolic pressure (OR=1.061,P=0.002) were independent risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes among patients with hypertension disorders in pregnancy.Conclusions Renal impairment is common among patients with hypertension disorders in pregnancy at high altitude and has adverse effects on pregnancy outcomes.Massive proteinuria,renal insufficiency and systolic pressure are risk factors for these patients.