Profile of Pregnant women of 30-34 weeks’ gestation attending Antenatal clinic

Abstract

Pathophysiological and Clinical Pregnancy is associated with physiologic changes at the level of the uterine vasculature, resulting in a progressive decrease in impedance with advancing gestation. The study group will comprise all pregnant women at 30-34 weeks, who fulfill the inclusion criteria, coming for antenatal screening, to the Obstetrics out-patient department of Hospital after taking written and informed consent. These women were evaluated with ultrasound Doppler study with other routine investigations and CPR were calculated. In the present study, at the time of performing Doppler study, 1.5% had gestational diabetes mellitus, 1.5% had type 2 DM, 1.7% had preeclampsia, 1.22% had gestational hypertension and 0.49% had chronic hypertension. 25% of the patients who had gestational hypertension were associated with Gestational diabetes mellitus and 12% women who developed preeclampsia also were associated with Gestational diabetes mellitus.