COLOR DOPPLER STUDY OF UTERINE AND UMBILICAL ARTERY IN NORMAL VS HYPERTENSIVE PREGNANT WOMEN AND ITS CORRELATION WITH FETAL OUTCOME

BACKGROUND Doppler sonography has become a part of routine antenatal surveillance in Obstetrics during past decade. Colour Doppler can be used to distinguish between low and high risk pregnancies. OBJECTIVES To analyze if colour Doppler can improve the clinical diagnosis and its effect on perinatal outcome. SELECTION CRITERIA All the patients enrolled are of reproductive age groups (15-45 yrs.) with any parity, gestational age of more than 28 weeks. We have divided the patients into 2 groups, one with blood pressure of >140/90 with proteinuria >+1, another with BP <140/90 and proteinuria <+1. All patients enrolled and Colour Doppler was done to study uterine artery and umbilical artery. RESULTS We did our colour Doppler study of umbilical arteries and both uterine arteries involving 200 patients and compared perinatal outcome in normotensives and hypertensives. CONCLUSION The use of utero-placental Doppler ultrasound improve pregnancy outcome by early diagnosis and early start of treatment.