Kumari Khushboo, Avinash Kaur Rana, Sushma Kumari Saini, Jaswinder Kaur Kalra
ABSTRACT:
Introduction-Pregnancy is being most precious and very important time in every woman's life. But sometimes pregnancy is associated with complications. About 7–15 % of all pregnancies are complicated by hypertension. Pregnancy induced hypertension is one of the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. Objective: To assess selected maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes among antenatal mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension. Material and Method: The study design was descriptive. It was conducted among antenatal mothers above 20 weeks of gestation diagnosed with PIH, attending Antenatal Clinic, PGIMER, Chandigarh. The sample size was 50 and purposive sampling technique was used. Results: More than half of mothers(56%) of age 26-30 years and 64.5% had gestational age of 37-40 weeks. About two third of mothers (64.5%) terminated pregnancy by cesarean section and 9.7% had 1st degree perineal tear. More than half of mothers(61.2%) had normal blood pressure after delivery. Nearly half of babies (48.3%) had APGAR score 8 at 1 minute and 58.06% had APGAR score 9 at 5 minutes. More than half of mothers(54.8%)initiated breastfeeding within 6 hours and 32.2% babies had birth weight more than 2.5 kgs. About, 67.7% newborns were admitted in NICU and 32.5% were healthy. Conclusion : Maternal and neonatal outcomes were good , may be because antenatal mothers were registered, supervised and delivered in tertiary care institution under supervision of expert obstetricians, neonatologists and nurses. Hence resulted into healthy mothers and neonates. Keywords:– Antenatal mother, pregnancy-induced hypertension.