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Patients and Methods
Patients and Methods
This study was carried out in Obstetrics, Gynecology Department
and Biochemistry Department, Zagazig University Hospitals during the
period from October 1999 till May 2001 .
It included 60 primigravda of comparable age with single lesion
pregnancy in their 3 rd trimester and with no history of medical disease
before pregnancy such as renal disease, essential hypertension and
autoimmune disease etc.
The patients were selected from out patient clinic and obstetric
emergency unit, Zagazig University Hospitals and were classified into
three groups :
proteinuria
1st group included 20 normotensive pregnant women with negative
2 nd group included 20 pregnant women, they fulfilled the criteria of
mild preeclampsia:
• Systolic blood pressure 140 - 160 mm Hg
• Disatolic blood pressure 90 - 100 mm Hg
• Proteinuria was 1 or 2 plus by dipstick testing
3 00 group included 20 pregnant women, they fulfilled one or more
ofthe criteria ofsevere preeclampsia:
• Systolic blood pressure z 160 mm Hg
• Diastolic blood pressure z 110 mm Hg
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