Volume 4 Issue 2 (March-April), 2018

Original Articles

A Study of Clinical Profile of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women
Jyoti Rana

Background: Malaria in pregnancy imposes additional burden not only on mother but also affects foetal outcome adversely.  The present study was conducted to assess the cases of malaria in pregnancy. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the department of Gynaecology & Obstectrics on 62 pregnant women diagnosed with malaria. In all patients, clinical examination and laboratory examination was performed. In all patients, clinical features and complications were recorded. Results: Common symptoms were fever (54), nausea/ vomiting (49), headache (35), weakness (22), convulsions (1), bleeding, (1) and abdominal pain (2). The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Common complications were anemia (42), thrombocytopenia (51), hypoglycemia (7), cerebral malaria (5), hepatopathy (2), malarial ARDS (3) and pancytopenia (1). The difference was significant (P< 0.05). 48 showed term delivery and 14 had pre- term delivery. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Malarial infection in pregnancy is carrying high mortality and can lead to complications such as thrombocytopenia, malarial ARDS, tachycardia etc. Common symptoms are nausea/ vomiting, headache, weakness, convulsions and bleeding.
Key words: Bleeding, Hypoglycemia, Malarial.

Received: 14 January 2018                              Revised: 25 February 2018                           Accepted: 27 February 2018

Corresponding Author: Dr. Jyoti Rana, Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute, Rupendehi, Bhutwal Nepal

This article may be cited as: Rana J. A Study of Clinical Profile of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnant Women. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(2):5-7.

 
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