Abstract

Background–Preeclampsia is one of the most common emergencies faced by anesthesiologists as the definition, etiology, and pathophysiology are discussed, and eclampsia is often a difficult situation in our daily anesthesia practice. Objective- this research aims to Describe the relationship between anesthesia and pre-eclampsia in Iraqi women. Material and method-In this study, 100 pre-eclampsia for women patients who agreed to participate in the study were recruited. An observational, descriptive, and retrospective study on patients with pre-eclampsia in Iraqi women was conducted with data collected from several different hospitals in Iraq from Jun 2020 to September 2021. A questionnaire was designed by experts from anaesthesia on patients who pre-eclampsia Group of the Ministry of Public Health, and a database was created using Microsoft Access, statistical analysis was performed using IBM SOFT SPSS 22 for Windows, and the final document was prepared with Microsoft Office package. Results- the result which found in this study was 100 patients collected and distributed for two groups (alive 80 patients, death 20 patients) with aged between 20 to 55 years. In this study, the Aldrete Score was relied upon for the purpose of measuring recovery after anesthesia, which includes measuring consciousness, activity, breathing, and blood pressure. Weak results were found in the dead group, where was found a statistically significant relationship of 0.042. Conclusion- We conclude from this study that low blood pressure and lack of oxygen affect the regularity of the heartbeat, which accelerates the heart rate during pregnancy and childbirth, which accelerates the death of the patient.

Keywords

Anesthesia, ASA, Pre-eclampsia, Chronic high blood pressure