THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND ANGIOGENIC MARKERS IN PRE-ECLAMPSIA

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2015 Apr-Jun;119(2):473-83.

Abstract

Pre-eclampsia is a severe multisystemic syndrome that represents a major cause of maternal, foetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. In the study we conducted it stood out the. significant modifications of angiogenic markers in pregnant women suffering from pre-eclampsia and the existence of a correlation between C-reactive protein (CRP) and SBP, DBP and average BP.

Material and method: The group included in the study consisted of 138 pregnant women hospitalized at the "Cuza-Voda" Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Iasi, between 2012-2014, with over 20 weeks gestational age and which gave their free consent to take part in the study.

Results: It is confirmed the importance of determining the markers for diagnosing and monitoring hypertensive pregnant women and at the same time it was pointed out that the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio represents a good pre-eclampsia predictor.

Conclusions: The results of our study confirm the importance of determining sFlt-l and PlGF as markers for diagnosing and monitoring pregnant women with HBP as well as the sFlt-l/ PlGF ratio which represents a good pre-eclampsia predictor.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Inpatients*
  • Membrane Proteins / blood*
  • Pre-Eclampsia / blood
  • Pre-Eclampsia / diagnosis*
  • Pre-Eclampsia / epidemiology
  • Pre-Eclampsia / etiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Membrane Proteins
  • PIGF protein, human
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • FLT1 protein, human
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1