TITLE:
Study of the Role of Ethnicity in the Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia: A Prospective Observational Study in a Rural Hospital in India
AUTHORS:
Indranil Banerjee, Archana Kumari, Gargi Mukherjee
KEYWORDS:
Ethnicity, Pre Eclampsia, Tribal
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.11 No.8,
August
13,
2021
ABSTRACT: Hypertensive disorders (HD) of pregnancy are a
leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Although several risk factors for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have been
firmly established, the risk attributable to specific race-ethnicities is less
clear. The risk of preeclampsia-eclampsia may differ by maternal ethnicity 30
as also the course, severity and prognosis. This study aimed to compare severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in
tribal and nontribal women of Jangalmahal area of West Bengal in terms of incidence, clinical, demographic picture,
severity, course of disease, response to
treatment, complications and delivery
outcome including foetal outcome and
maternal outcome.