Abstract:
This
was cress section study conducted in,
Khartoum state, in El Saudi Hospital during the period of
March to June 2012, to assess plasma total calcium and
magnesium in
Sudanese pregnant women with
preeclampsia .
Blood sample was taken from 50 patients were
clinically diagnosed preeclampsia as a test group and
30 pregnant women as control group. Plasma calcium
and magnesium were measured by Colorimetric method
and data were analysed by using SPSS .
Plasma total calcium was significantly lower in
patients (8.25 ± 0.20 mg/dL) compared with controls
(9.00 ± 1.19 mg/dL), (P = 0.00), and magnesium levels
were significantly lower in patients (1.67 ± 0.12 mg/dL)
than controls, (2.03 ± 0.16 mg/dL),( P = 0.00). Also
result obtained showed that, Systolic and diastolic blood
pressure was significantly increased in preeclamptic
women (147.20± 4.39, 96.06± 3.383 mmHg) compared
to health pregnant (108.37 ±5.93, 77.13 ±5.923,
mmHg)( p < 0.05 ( respectively.
Also plasma total calcium and magnesium showed
significant
strong
negative
correlation
with
mean
arterial blood pressure in preeclamptic women (r = -
0.751 P = 0.00), (r = -0.797
P = 0.00) respectively.
In conclusion, there was decreased in the level of
total serum calcium and magnesium in preeclampsia,
also there is significant strong negative correlation
between means arterial blood pressure and both serum
total calcium and magnesium.
