A STUDY OF EFFECTS OF MATERNAL PIH (PREGNANCY INDUCEDHYPERTENSION) ON ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS OFNEWBORNS

Abstract

Women with pre-existing, or chronic, high blood pressure are more likely to have certaincomplications during pregnancy than those with normal blood pressure. However, some womendevelop high blood pressure while they are pregnant (often called gestational hypertension). Effects
of high blood pressure range from mild to severe. High blood pressure can harm the mother's kidneys
and other organs, and it can cause low birth weight and early delivery. In the most serious cases, themother develops preeclampsia - or "toxemia of pregnancy" which can threaten the lives of both themother and the fetus. The aim of this study was to showing the effects of maternal PIH onanthropometric measurements of newborn.