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The significance of serum uric acid levels in predicting pre-eclampsia: Prospective analysis at a rural tertiary care center
Authors
Deepika Kapil, Uday Mahajan
Abstract
Serum uric acid has been recommended to screen pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. Objective: Prediction of preeclampsia by serum uric acid levels at 17-20 weeks. Methods: Eighty pregnant women who reported to the antenatal OPD at 17-20 weeks of period of gestation were enrolled in the study over the period of one year from Jan 2018 to Dec 2018 at Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dr Rajendra Prasad Govt. Medical College, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India. Preeclampsia was defined as per NHBPEP2000 working group, resting hypertension >140/90 mmHg after 20th weeks of pregnancy. Results. In present study out of 80 patients 8 developed preeclampsia (10%). Serum uric acid was more than >3.5 mg/dl in 7 (87.5%) and less than 3.5 mg/dl in 1 (12.5%) patients. And the sensitivity of the serum uric acid to predict preeclampsia was 100.00%, the specificity was 63.51 %, the positive predictive value was 18.18 %, the negative predictive value was 100.00% and the accuracy was 66.25.Conclusion: Serum uric acid is useful in predicting preclampsia.
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Pages:12-14
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Deepika Kapil, Uday Mahajan "The significance of serum uric acid levels in predicting pre-eclampsia: Prospective analysis at a rural tertiary care center ". International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Research, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 12-14
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