DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i10.077

Pages: 4197-4200

We studied 100 pregnant women with lateral lying placenta and 100 pregnant women with centrally located placenta to assess the correlation of placental location and development of pre-eclampsia. The study was carried out in Obstetrics and Gynaecology department, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital from 1st June, 2016 to 31st May, 2017. Placental location was determined by real-time ultrasonography and the patients were followed up till term to determine the co-relation between pre-eclampsia. We found that out of the 100 women with laterally located placenta, 66 (66 %) developed Pre-eclampsia, while 36 women (36%) out of the remaining 100 women with centrally located placenta developed Pre-eclampsia. So, the risk of developing Pre-eclampsia was five times greater in the females with laterally located placenta as compared to those with centrally located placenta (p 0.01). We conclude that the presence of lateral lying placenta predisposes women to develop pre-eclampsia more frequently and location of placenta can be used as an indicator for future development of pre-eclampsia.