Assessment of Trace Elements, Total White Blood Cells and Platelets Count in Pregnant Ladies with Preeclampsia in Sudan

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder of pregnancy, which complicates pregnancy. Maternal mortality with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Sudan is ascertained and accounts for 4.2% of the obstetric complications in Sudan. Despite decades of research into the condition, predicting which women are at increased risk of developing preeclampsia remains problematic and we did this study to detect the role of some elements and to correlate them with Preeclampsia. Pregnant ladies with preeclampsia were selected as cases, and age matched with normal pregnant ladies as controls. Venous blood samples were collected from every patients and controls. Trace elements, copper, zinc, and iron were measured. Total white blood cells and platelets were counted also. Levels of copper and zinc were low in patients while they were normal in controls. Iron was normal, total white blood cells were high in patients and platelets were low. The reduction in serum levels of zinc and copper during pregnancy might be possible contributor in etiology of pre-eclampsia.