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CHANGES IN SERUM CALCIUM AND SERUM MAGNESIUM LEVEL IN PREECLAMPTIC VS NORMAL PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Pallavi Chaurasia,
Pranay Jadav,
Jasmin Jasani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of biomedical and advance research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-0558
pISSN - 2229-3809
DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v3i6.508
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , obstetrics , magnesium , calcium , pregnancy , gynecology , chemistry , biology , genetics , organic chemistry

Objective: To compare serum calcium and magnesium in preeclamptic women and normal pregnant women.

Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was done between August 2010 to April 2011 on 30 normal pregnant women and 30 preeclamptic women in Dhiraj Hospital attended Gynecology and Obstetrics’ department. The blood samples were collected and analyzed for calcium and magnesium by semi-automatic analyzer ERBA CHEM 5 in central laboratory. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 15. The p-value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant

Results: The serum calcium and magnesium in preeclamptic women were (8.9±0 .4 mg/dl vs. 9.7± 0.7 mg/ dl, p<0.0001) and (0.75±0.08 mmol/l vs.0.85±0. 09 mmol/l, p=0.001) respectively, significantly lower than that in normal pregnant women.

Conclusion: These findings support the hypothesis that hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia are possible etiologies of preeclampsia.

Keywords: Serum calcium, Serum magnesium, Preeclampsia, Normal pregnancy

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