ACIDO URICO Y CALCIURIA: VALOR PRONOSTICO Y DIAGNOSTICO EN LOS TRASTORNOS HIPERTENSIVOS DE LA GESTACION

Abstract

The levels of calciuria and uric acid of a group of 135 patients with hipertensive disorders of the pregnancy who had consulted the admission service of the Caldas Hospital between the 1st of March and the 31st of August of 1994 were evaluated in this study. The patients were classified according to the diagnostic as follows: pregnancy induced hypertension (preeclampsia - eclampsia): 55,6%; cronic arterial hypertension: 5,5%; preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension: 11,9%; transient hypertension: 26,7%. The levels of calciuria showed a significative stadistical reduction (p < 0,01) in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension and preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension. There was a significative increase of the levels of uric acid in all the hypertensive disorders. Both findings agree with that registered in the literature and confirm the potential use of the calciuria levels in 24 hours urine as a diagnostic and screening test in preeclampsia.