TY - JOUR AU - Ghani, Afroza AU - Ila, Israt Jahan AU - Tasmin, Khandaker Shehneela AU - Zakaria, Rooh E AU - Ferdows, Jannat Ara AU - Sultana, Nasrin PY - 2022/08/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Determination of Risk Factors for Pre-eclampsia in a Tertiary Hospital of Bangladesh: A Descriptive Study JF - Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College JA - J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3329/jssmc.v13i1.60923 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JSSMC/article/view/60923 SP - 3-7 AB - <p><strong>Background</strong>: Pre-eclampsia (PE), a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is estimated to complicate 2%-8% of pregnancies and remains a principal cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The identification of its predisposing factors in the pre-pregnancy and initial stage of pregnancy will help in reducing the morbidity and mortality.</p><p><strong>Aim</strong>: The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors for PE among pregnant women in a tertiary level hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: This study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College &amp; Hospital, a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January to December 2019. A total number of 50 pregnant women with pre-eclampsia, who got admitted in this hospital were selected as study group. This was a hospital based descriptive study.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: Most of the participants were within 35-45 years of age group and mean age 38.92 ± 2.21. The factors that were found to be significant predictors of risk for development of PE were primigravida, inadequate education, low socio-economic status, past history of PE or hypertension and family history of PE or hypertension.</p><p>J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll 2021; 13(1): 3-7</p> ER -