the effect of antioxidant vitamins on blood coagulation during pregnancy in women at risk of preeclampsia
- Conditions
- preeclampsia coagulopathyReproductive Health and Childbirth - Other reproductive health and childbirth disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611000444987
- Lead Sponsor
- magdy ameen elkady
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 251
Only pregnant women with high risk for pre-eclampsia were considered. The inclusion criteria were gestational age between 6-10 weeks with one or more of the following risk factors: pre-eclampsia in the pregnancy preceding the current one, eclampsia in any previous pregnancy, essential hypertension requiring medication, diagnosis of HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count), and chronic renal disease pre-pregnancy or during pregnancy
. Exclusion criteria included maternal liver disease, diabetes mellitus and possible materno-fetal fetus Rh incompatibility.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method preeclampsia : any case diagnosed as preeclampsia by hypertension, lower limb oedema,proteinuria[2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy till the delivery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method coagulopathy indicated by d-dimer[every trimester( 3 month )]