Summary:
Pre-eclampsia or pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH)
re-named as gestational hypertension is one of the
important causes of maternal death in developing
countries like Bangladesh. The foetal outcome is also very
unsatisfactory and disappointing in pre-eclamptic
mothers. Considering this view, the objective of this study
was to assess the foetal outcome in pre-eclamptic mothers
and also to identify the factors influencing the outcome.
This was a cross sectional study conducted among the
pregnant mothers admitted into Gynaecology and
Obstetrics Department of Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital,
Dhaka, with specific signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia
during the period from January 2002 to December 2003.
A total of 100 pre-eclamptic mothers were studied. Bivariate
analysis revealed that a statistically significant