Abstract

The aim of the study is a comparative study of early onset pre-eclampsia versus late onset pre- eclampsia: maternal & perinatal outcome. Methodology: This Cohort study was carried out Antenatal women attending antenatal outpatient department as well as women admitted to obstetric ward & labour room at the department of Obstetrics &Gynaecology in Government Maternity hospital, SVMC, Tirupati from November 2021 to October 2022 after obtaining permission from institutional ethics committee. Results: In an association between age group & groups, in a total of 50 cases of group-1, 62.0% of cases had aged between 18 to 25 years, 24.0% of cases had aged between 26 to 30 years, 10.0% of cases had aged between 31 to 35 years, & 4.0% of cases had aged more than 35 years. The mean ±SD gestational age in group-1 was 27.54±4.33 weeks & in group-2 was 38.40±1.84 weeks. The comparison between group-1 & group-2 for age was shown statistically significant (P < 0.0001). In an association between severity PE & group, 56.0% of cases had severe of severity PE, 44.0% of cases had mild severity PE in group-1. Whereas in group-2, 60.0% of cases had mild severity PE, 40.0% of cases had severe severity PE. The association between Severity PE & group was shown statistically not significant (P =0.109). In an association between eclampsia & group, 22.0% of cases in group- 1 & 12.0% of cases in group-2 had eclampsia. However, the association between eclampsia & group was shown statistically not significant (P = 0.183). Conclusion: We came to the conclusion that pre-eclampsia far from term, or early onset pre-eclampsia, is related with more maternal & perinatal complications than pre-eclampsia at term based on the study's data.

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