Cold Pressor Test, Moderate Anaemia in Second and Third Trimester of Pregnancy

Authors

  • Jigna B. Kher1, Anju Jain2, Kuldeep Atodaria3, Chinmay Shah4, Rajkumar Bansal5, Hetal Desai6, Jignesh Vaishnani7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v8i2.1244

Keywords:

Cold Pressor Test (CPT), Anaemia, Autonomic imbalance, Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP).

Abstract

Background: 2nd & 3rd trimester of pregnancy is associated with profound adaptive autonomic cardiovascular
changes. Anaemia in pregnancy, which is a common problem in India is known to put pregnant female at
higher cardiovascular risk.
Objective: The aim of this study is to measure & compare DBP response to CPT in both trimester in
both control group & pregnancy with moderate anaemia (Case) for screening & diagnosis of autonomic
imbalance.
Method: After measuring vitaldata, anthropometric data, DBP response to CPT were measured & compared
among control & case group (13-39 weeks of gestation) in sitting position.
Result: A highly significant difference in Wt, SBP, DBP were observed in control group of 2nd trimester
when compared with 3rd trimester. A highly significant difference was observed in Wt, DBP, DBP response
to CPT of case group of 2nd trimester when compared with 3rd trimester; A highly significant difference
was observed in Hb, SBP, DBP of case group of 3rd trimester when compared with control group during
3rd trimester of pregnancy;The chi-square test value shows that the observed DBP response to CPT in
moderately anaemic pregnancy during 2nd & 3rd trimester is not due to chance.
Conclusion: This study has found CPT as simple, safe, cost effective, reliable test aiding to understand
pathophysiology of anaemia during late gestation. It is also useful tool to predict & screen high risk pregnancy
among anaemic pregnancies for early intervention.

Author Biography

  • Jigna B. Kher1, Anju Jain2, Kuldeep Atodaria3, Chinmay Shah4, Rajkumar Bansal5, Hetal Desai6, Jignesh Vaishnani7

    1Tutor, MD Physiology, 2Assistant Professor, Smimer, Surat, Gujrat, 3MBBS, GMC, Surat, Main Statistical Data
    Analyser, Gujrat, 5MD Physiology, Associate Professor, GMC, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, India 5Professor and Dean,
    6MD Physiology, Professor and Head, Physiology, 7MD Skin, Ethical Committee Guide and Mentor, Smimer,
    Surat, Gujrat, India

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Published

2020-04-29

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): International Journal of Physiology

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Cold Pressor Test, Moderate Anaemia in Second and Third Trimester of Pregnancy. (2020). International Journal of Physiology, 8(2), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v8i2.1244