PIH Flashcards
HTN in pregnancy - BP value
> 140/90 on 2 separate occasion 4 hours apart.
Chronic HTN in pregnancy
Previous history of HTN.
HTN woman has conceived.
Inc in BP before 12 weeks of pregnancy
PIH.
Normotensive woman has conceived and during pregnancy due to Placental pathology has developed HTN @ 20 weeks.
PIH types.
Gestational HTN and Pre eclampsia
Gestational HTN
HTN after 20 weeks of pregnancy and normal 12 weeks post pregnancy
No Proteinuria or EOD.
Pre Eclampsia
HTN after 20 weeks of pregnancy and normal 12 weeks post pregnancy
Either Proteinuria or EOD is present,
Criteria for proteinuria in Pre Eclampsia
> 300 mg / 24 hrs or 30 mg / dl or 0.3 g/ l
Urine Protein : Creatinine ratio for Pre eclampsia
0.3
EOD signs in Pre eclampsia
S. creatinine > 1.1 Platelet count < 1 lakh 2X raised Liver enzymes - SGPT and SGOT Pulmonary edema Cerebral or Visual symptoms
Types of pre eclampsia
Mild - 140/90 - 160/110 with no EOD
Severe - > 160/110 with EOD
Chronic HTN with superimposed Pre eclampsia
HTN on conceiving @ 20 weeks has uncontrolled HTN with signs of EOD and new onset Proteinuria.
Pathogenesis of PIH
Failure of Trophoblastic invasion leads to persistence of High resistance maternal spiral arteries in the intervillous space.
Angiogenesis is ___ in normal pregnancy
INC
Levels of VEGF and Placental GH are _____ in normal pregnancy
Inc
Levels of VEGF and Placental GH are _____ in PIH
Dec.
sFlt-1 and endoglin levels are _____ in PIH
Inc.
Thromboxane a2 and Prostacyclin levels are _____ in normal pregnancy
Dec.
Thromboxane a2 and Prostacyclin levels are _____ in PIH
Inc
Pathogenesis of EOD in PIH
Placental Ischemia - due to high resistance in maternal spiral arteries less blood comes into IVS so blood flow to fetus is reduced.
Inc inflammatory mediators cause Hemoconcentration and capillary leakage leading to Edema and Platelet dysfunction causing thrombosis in blood vessels leading to EOD.
C/I in PIH.
Diuretics - Coz of Hemoconcentration.
Severe Preeclampsia - Pathogenesis.
Decreased blood flow to all organs.
Brain - Cerebral hypoxia - Convulsions.
Kidney - Dec RBF - Dec GFR- Inc S. creat, urea and uric acid.
Fetus - IUGR and Dec RBF in fetus - Oliguria and oligohydramnios.
MC organ involved in PIH
Kidney
HPE finding of Kidney in PIH
Glomeruloendotheliosis.
Risk factor for PIH..
Placentomegaly or inc Placental tissue
Extra Chorionic villi seen in twin / molar pregnancy.
Primigravida or New paternity.
Complication of severe pre eclampsia
Eclampsia - Generalised tonic clonic seizures.
Antepartum Eclampsia
GTCS during pregnancy
MC and worst prognosis
Intrapartum Eclampsia
GTCS during Labour
Post partum Eclampsia
GTCS after delivery within 48 hrs.
Signs and symptoms of Impending eclampsia
Oliguria.
Epigastric pain.
Visual Symptoms.
Headache.
Visual Symptoms in Severe pre eclampsia
Scotoma
reversible blindness.
Blurring of vision
Diplopia