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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 3 Issue 2</issue_number>
<issue_period>2012 (April - June)</issue_period>
<title>Serum Electrolyte Levels In Preeclamptic Women: A Comparative Study </title>
<abstract>One of the most complicating factors during pregnancy is preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder leading to a variety of problems. Serum electrolyte levels and anion gap, mean weights, SBP/DBP of preeclamptic age-matched women (devoid of diabetes, UTI, renal and liver disorders) in their third trimester, as compared to their normotensive counterparts, have been measured, analysed and compared with results of earlier studies. The preeclamptic group exhibits significant lowering of serum Ca lessThan sup greaterThan 2+  lessThan /sup greaterThan (-22.6 %) or K lessThan b greaterThan  lessThan sup greaterThan + lessThan /sup greaterThan  lessThan /b greaterThan  (- 3.85 %) and significant enhancement of each of serum Na lessThan b greaterThan  lessThan sup greaterThan + lessThan /sup greaterThan  lessThan /b greaterThan  (+ 6.93 %), Cl lessThan b greaterThan  lessThan sup greaterThan - lessThan /sup greaterThan  lessThan /b greaterThan  (+ 7.25 %), HCO lessThan b greaterThan  lessThan sub greaterThan 3 lessThan /sub greaterThan  lessThan sup greaterThan - lessThan /sup greaterThan  lessThan /b greaterThan  (+ 8.74 %) and an insignificant and small increase in anion gap (+ 1.5 %). The observed results do not show any region-specific changes. Most plausible explanations are offered for the observed results.</abstract>
<authors>Magna Manjareeka And Sitikantha Nanda</authors>
<keywords>Preeclampsia, Hypertension, Serum Electrolyte Levels, Anion Gap</keywords>
<pages>572-578</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
