Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access

Abstract

A Comparison of Hydralazine and Labetalol in the Management of Severe Preeclampsia

Lahaga Isaac Nombur, Eyaofun Teddy Agida, Aliyu Yabaji Isah and Bissallah Ahmed Ekele

The burden of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia is the rationale behind the research. There is paucity of prospective study on this subject in Nigeria. Therefore there was a need for a prospective study that may provide concrete data and firm conclusion on this subject. Furthermore, there was also a need for a study among pregnant women in the Federal capital territory, with a rapidly increasing heterogeneous population. Recently Labetalol was introduced in the obstetrics unit, of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital but hydralazine has been in use for the management of severe pre-eclampsia in the hospital. Therefore, there was a need to compare the safety and efficacy of these drugs for acutely lowering blood pressure in severe pre-eclampsia in this unit.