TITLE:
Placentas and Newborns of Patients Suffering from High Blood Pressure in University Hospital of Brazzaville
AUTHORS:
Cautaire Itoua, Jules Cesar Mokoko, Neli Yvette Ngakengni, Mpianuelly Samantha Bialay Potokoue, Levy Max Emmery Eouani, Abdel Salam Bachir, Jean Felix Peko, Leon Herve Iloki
KEYWORDS:
High Blood Pressure, Placenta, Newborn, Brazzaville, Congo
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
20,
2019
ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze placentas and newborns of patients with high blood pressure
(HBP). Materials
and Methods: Case-control study conducted from 1 January to 31 October 2017
in University Hospital of Brazzaville (birth room, anatomy and pathology
laboratory) and Faculty of Health Sciences of Brazzaville (laboratory of
anatomy and organogenesis). It concerned 40 placentas freshly delivered and
newborns of patients with HBP compared to 40 placentas and newborns of patients
without HBP. The variables analyzed were related to mothers, placentas and the
newborns. Results: The patients were similar in age (26.9 ± 1.2 years VS
26.5 ± 1.1 years, p = 0.17) and parity (1.26 ± 0.7 VS 1.61 ± 0.3, p = 0.26). The type of hypertension in the
cases was dominated by pre-eclampsia
(68%). A significant reduction in placental measurements was more observed in
case of HBP: weight (431 ± 37 g VS 503 ± 26 g,
p 2 VS 292.1 ± 22.2 cm2, p endarteritis (93.8% VS 12.5%, p between the two
populations: prematurity (34.3% VS 9.3%, p 0.05). Conclusion: High blood pressure affects the placenta and the newborn. The placenta deserves
to be systematically examined.