Prediction of Short Term Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Preeclampsia
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Prediction of Short Term Pregnancy Outcomes from Risk Factors Identified during Pregnancy and at Hospital Admission in Women with Preeclampsia
IRAS ID
136302
Contact name
Gordon Prescott
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Aberdeen & NHS Grampian
Research summary
Pre-eclampsia is a significant cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, affecting an average of 3.45% of all pregnancies and is globally responsible for approximately 50,000 maternal deaths annually. Complications of pre-eclampsia have also been a major challenge to the health sector worldwide. Pre-eclampsia has been recently considered not only a pregnancy disease but also a risk factor for developing other diseases later in life. So pre-eclampsia can be considered a complex multisystem disorder of pregnancy. Therefore, this study intends to source relevant information on all pregnancies and deliveries occurring in Grampian, Scotland, recorded on the Aberdeen Maternal and Neonatal Databank (AMND) from the years 1986 to 2011 inclusive. All the outcome information on adverse pregnancy outcomes and complications of pregnancy was available on the Databank. This will be supplemented with information from routinely collected blood samples from 1996-2011. The overall aim is to develop statistical predictive models for adverse pregnancy outcomes within 7 days of delivery in women with pre-eclampsia.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
13/NS/0136
Date of REC Opinion
31 Oct 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion