Alaa Saadi Abbood
Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, IraqPublications
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Research
The Correlation between Uromodulin and Renal Function in Preeclamptic Women with Preterm Birth
Author(s): Alaa Saadi Abbood*, Suaad A Brakhas and Sahar AH AL-Sharqi
Preeclampsia is a major determinant of fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality and is a systemic disorder of pregnancy characterized by various manifestations of organ dysfunction, chief among them hypertension and proteinuria. Samples were collected from 25 preeclamptic women with preterm and 20 normotensive women in the third trimester of pregnancy (>27 weeks) with an age range of 19-46 years for preeclamptic patients compared to 20-41 years for control subjects. Measurements showed great difference with high statistical significance. Preeclamptic patients had significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements , Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean ± Standard deviation 153.2 ± 11.4 the mean of preeclamptic women and 122 ± 4.2 for normotensive and Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean ± Standard deviation 91.6 ± 9.0.4the mea.. Read More»