Abstract

Postpartum hypertension is a common problem in obstetrics practice; however knowledge on management of these patients is poor among medical practitioners. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy can affect one out of ten in pregnant women. Further, 44% of eclamptic fits happen in the postnatal period specially, within first 48 hours of delivery. Apart of fetal complication patient have similar risk of all the complications due to preeclampsia similar to antenatal period.