Correlation of Maternal Serum Uric Acid Level and Feto-maternal Outcome in Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy: A Prospective Study

Introduction: Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy complicates around 5-10% all pregnancies. Hyperuricemia is one the common findings in pre-eclampsia. The uric acid level pre-eclamptic women increased before onset hypertension and proteinuria. increase serum associated with an risk adverse fetal outcomes like IUGR, prematurity, IUFD severity maternal hypertensive disorders pre-eclampsia, severe eclampsia HELLP syndrome.
 Methods: This was observational, prospective cross-sectional study. One hundred twenty fulfilling inclusion criteria were included Maternal grouped into two groups i) <5.5mg/dl ii) ≥ 5.5 mg/dl. A Pearson’s Chi-Squared test carried out to assess whether complications related.
 Results: total 120 Seventy-six (63.3%) had levels forty-four (36.7%) levels≥ In mg/dl more, 21 fetuses IUFD, prematurity those whose less than mg/dl, 16 complications. There a significant association between syndrome (p=0.004).
 Conclusion: Raised feto-maternal outcome.