Comparitive study of therapeutic effects of labetalol with methyldopa in hypertension in pregnancy induced hypertension and fetal outcome

Abstract

Background: In a country like India, where maternal mortality rate is still very high despite progress and development which has consistently been made in the health services, a big proportion is still deprived of it. Hypertension is the most common medical problem encountered during pregnancy.
Aims: This study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of labetalol versus methyldopa in the treatment of pre-eclampsia and prevention of further complications.
Materials and Methods: The present study had been carried out on antenatal booked 110 cases between 20 – 40 years of age who developed hypertension after 20 weeks period of gestation with or without oedema & proteinuria or both, attending antenatal OPD or Emergency at Govt General Hospital, Nizamabad, from 1st December 2017 to 31may 2018.