Sonographic Placental Grading in 3 Trimester of Hypertensive Patients

Abstract: Mostly poorly controlled hypertensive women have superimposed preeclampsia. In hypertensive pregnancy, the complications occur when the calcification was present in placental. The risk factor of hypertension is placental abruption that may cause premature birth. Objective: rd To determine the placental grading in 3 trimester of hypertensive patients through sonography. Methods: The study design was observational descriptive and the calculated sample size were 125 hypertensive rd pregnant women at 3 trimester. The Study was conducted at the Diagnostic Ultrasound Department of The Nawaz Sharif Social Security Hospital, rd Lahore. All the pregnant hypertensive women at 3 trimester were included in this study voluntarily. SPSS version 21.0 was used for data analysis. Results: All the mothers included in this study were having mean gestational age 34.9+2.33633 weeks. The number of grade II and III in hypertensive pregnant women were 58.4% (73/125) and 41.6% (52/125) respectively. Conclusions: Placental maturity gr ading incr eas e with hypertension. G-II placenta was observed in more hypertensive pregnancies. Hypertension has effected on placental grading in third trimester, with the increases in lower abdominal pain. Keywords: Hypertensive mothers, Placental maturity grading, Cotyledons, Basal layer of placenta, Fetal layer of placenta