Objective: To find the association of thrombocytopenia with pregnancy induced hypertension in females presenting in tertiary care hospital
Methodology: This case series enrolled 100 females, the age of the participants was between 18-40 years, singleton pregnancy, and gestational age >34 weeks. Two groups Cases and Controls were formed, cases group included all females with PIH (maternal platelet count <15000cell/m3 in serum during third trimester and controls cases were those without PIH (normal BP<140/90mmHg). Blood samples taken from the patients were evaluated through hospital lab and platelet counts were recorded and if the platelet count was low, then thrombocytopenia was labeled.
Results: Age of the patients was evaluated and found majority of the cases i.e. 60% in cases and 66% in control in 18-30 yrs of age, the association of thrombocytopenia with pregnancy induced hypertension in females presenting in tertiary care hospital shows that 24%(n=12) in cases and 8%(n=4) in controls had thrombocytopenia whereas 81.67%(n=49) in cases and 95%(n=57) in controls had no thrombocytopenia, O.R was calculated as 3.63 whereas p value was 0.0368.
Conclusion: The result of this study reveal that thrombocytopenia is associated with pregnancy induced hypertension in females presenting in tertiary care hospital
Keywords: Gestational thrombocytopenia, pregnancy induced hypertension, association
