Association of Maternal Pre-Eclampsia with Birth Weight of Newborn: A Comparative Study

Background: Pre-eclampsia is a multiorgan, heterogeneous pregnancy illness linked to notable morbidity and death in mothers and newborns because of uteroplacental insufficiency, which compromises the fetus's blood supply.Anthropometry, which measures the physical characteristics of the human body at various ages, is a useful and widely used method for evaluating children for nutrition and health issues.Preterm delivery, fetal growth restriction frequently resulting in asymmetric fetal body proportion, a 5% drop in birthweight, and 3.6 times the likelihood of delivering small for gestational age babies compared to mothers with normal blood pressure are all connected with pre-eclampsia.The goal of the current study is to determine whether a newborn's birth weight and the mother's pre-eclampsia are related.Methods: A study on 60 neonates delivered at Sri Siddhartha Medical College and Research Centre by women who were preeclamptic and 60 newborns by mothers, who were normotensive was carried out in the departments of anatomy and obstetrics and gynecology.Newborns' birthweights were determined using electronic weighing equipment within 24 hours of delivery.Results: Compared to moms with normotension, pre-eclamptic mothers had a higher incidence of low birth weight in their babies.Conclusion: Newborns of pre-eclamptic mothers had more incidence of low birth weight and it increased with the increasing grades of hypertension.