BETA HCG LEVELS AS A MARKER OF PRE ECLAMPSIA IN SECOND TRIMESTER (13-20 WEEKS) OF PREGNANCY

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) include gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and chronic hypertension and they can complicate up to 10% of pregnancies. Early detection and management are crucial to improve outcomes for both mother and baby. In pre eclampsia,the insufcient trophoblast migration into the spiral arteries and subsequent placental hypoxia results in elevated hCG production by hyperplasic cytotrophoblastic cells of the placenta. Thus keeping in view the role of β hCG the present study was conducted to nd correlation of β hCG with preeclampsia at 13-20 weeks of gestation.