OBJECTIVE: To study the hematological profile of mothers with pregnancy induced hypertension and their infants. METHODS: The effects of maternal hypertension on the hematological profile of neonates were studied in 50 cases comparing the values with that of infants born to normotensive mothers. RESULTS: There was higher number of preterm, Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) babies among the infants of hypertensive mothers. There was a significantly higher incidence of thrombocytopenia and nucleated RBCs seen in these babies. Significant neutropenia was not documented and there was no increased incidence of bleeding when compared to controls. CONCLUSION: Although there were significant changes in the hematological profile of infants born to hypertensive mothers, there was no significant increase in neonatal morbidity as a result of these changes.
OBJECTIVE: To study the hematological profile of mothers with pregnancy induced hypertension and their infants. METHODS: The effects of maternal hypertension on the hematological profile of neonates were studied in 50 cases comparing the values with that of infants born to normotensive mothers. RESULTS: There was higher number of preterm, Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) babies among the infants of hypertensive mothers. There was a significantly higher incidence of thrombocytopenia and nucleated RBCs seen in these babies. Significant neutropenia was not documented and there was no increased incidence of bleeding when compared to controls. CONCLUSION: Although there were significant changes in the hematological profile of infants born to hypertensive mothers, there was no significant increase in neonatal morbidity as a result of these changes.
Authors: Nabila Kazmi; Gemma C Sharp; Sarah E Reese; Florianne O Vehmeijer; Jari Lahti; Christian M Page; Weiming Zhang; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Faisal I Rezwan; Andrew J Simpkin; Kimberley Burrows; Tom G Richardson; Diana L Santos Ferreira; Abigail Fraser; Quaker E Harmon; Shanshan Zhao; Vincent W V Jaddoe; Darina Czamara; Elisabeth B Binder; Maria C Magnus; Siri E Håberg; Wenche Nystad; Ellen A Nohr; Anne P Starling; Katerina J Kechris; Ivana V Yang; Dawn L DeMeo; Augusto A Litonjua; Andrea Baccarelli; Emily Oken; John W Holloway; Wilfried Karmaus; Syed H Arshad; Dana Dabelea; Thorkild I A Sørensen; Hannele Laivuori; Katri Raikkonen; Janine F Felix; Stephanie J London; Marie-France Hivert; Tom R Gaunt; Debbie A Lawlor; Caroline L Relton Journal: Hypertension Date: 2019-06-24 Impact factor: 10.190