Abstract
Background: Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is the most common medical disorder of pregnancy. The present study wasconducted to assess platelet count and its correlation with severity of pre-eclampsia.Materials & Methods: 108 suspected cases of pregnancy induced hypertension (cases) and group II had controls were assessed forplatelet count.Results: Age group 20-25 years had 14 cases of mild PIH, 24 of moderate and 6 of eclampsia. 26-30 years had 16 cases of mild, 22 ofmoderate and 4 cases of eclampsia and 31-35 years had 6 of mild, 14 of moderate and 2 of eclampsia. Group II had 56, 42 and 10respectively.Conclusion: Estimation of platelet count being simple economical and rapid investigation can be used for early detection of severity ofpreeclampsia. There were more cases of preeclampsia with low platelets.
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