Ophthalmological Disorders and Laboratory and Clinical Indicators in Women with Hypertensive Pregnancy Complications

Introduction. Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, despite many epidemiological studies, scientific developments, and the improvement of laboratory and instrumental techniques for searching for predictors of preeclampsia, are a serious problem of perinatal obstetrics. One of these areas may be an in-depth ophthalmological examination.

The aim of the work is to perform an analysis of ophthalmological disorders and laboratory, clinical parameters in women with hypertensive complications of pregnancy.

Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 573 cases of hypertensive pregnancy complications was performed. The age of the patients ranged from 15 to 50 years. All patients received a standard general clinical and obstetric examination, examined by an ophthalmologist. A correlation analysis of some laboratory and clinical signs of arterial hypertension (AH) and preeclampsia (PE), including ophthalmological signs of PE, was carried out. Results: PE was accompanied by retinal angiopathy in 67 % of cases. In 9 cases (1.86 %), peripapillary edema was detected in PE. In the presence of peripapillary edema, earlier delivery dates and a lower Apgar score were observed in the newborn. Macular edema was registered in 3 cases (0.62 %) against the background of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Conclusion. Comparative analysis has shown the presence of correlations between signs of hypertensive complications of pregnancy and changes in the organ of vision. The expansion of ophthalmological research may provide new markers-indicators for the differential diagnosis of hypertensive complications of pregnancy, assessment of the severity of the condition, dynamic monitoring and choice of management tactics for patients with hypertensive complications of pregnancy.

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