Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

OCULAR FUNDUS MANIFESTATIONS IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AT TERTIARY CARE CENTER, TELANGANA.

Dr. B. Kantha Sree, Dr. V. E. Raju, Dr. Kesav Rao, Dr. Alekhya, Dr. K. Vaishnavi Manasa

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Pregnancy induced hypertension is a disease entity where the blood pressure of the pregnant patient is more than or equal to 140/90mmhg. This raise of blood pressure can result in varying grades of changes in the eye.

AIM OF THE STUDY: To study the ocular fundus manifestations in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension.

METHODS AND MATERIAL: It is a hospital based prospective observational study, where100 patients diagnosed with pregnancy induced hypertension attending the out-patient department of ophthalmology, Gandhi hospital, secunderabad from June 2017 to November 2017.

RESULTS: 38(38%) showed varying degrees of fundus changes- grade 1(21%), grade 2 (7%), grade 3 (1%), grade 4(7%), 1% of exudative retinal detachment.

CONCLUSION: Detailed fundus examination is important in PIH for early diagnosis to contribute to lesser complications.

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OCULAR FUNDUS MANIFESTATIONS IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AT TERTIARY CARE CENTER, TELANGANA. , Dr. B. Kantha Sree, Dr. V. E. Raju, Dr. Kesav Rao, Dr. Alekhya, Dr. K. Vaishnavi Manasa , GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7| Issue-12 | December-2018

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