Preeclampsia is associated with increased maternal and fetal morbidity. Activation of inflammatory responses leads to widespread endothelial dysfunction and resultant manifestations of multi organ dysfunction in Preeclampsia. Early recognition of Preeclampsia and its severity will help in guiding optimal obstetric management in pregnant women. Hematological indices such as Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio, Platelet to lymphocyte ratio, Mean Platelet volume, Platelet distribution width, Plateletcrit, Red cell Distribution Width and Delta Neutrophil Index, gives an insight to the underlying inflammation in Preeclampsia.

 These indices can be used as an emerging tool in prediction of pre-eclampsia as well as a marker is estimating the severity of pre-eclampsia. Its predictive value could be used for early diagnosis, timely referral and intervention to avoid life-threatening complication of pre-eclampsia.  

Moreover, these indices are easy, inexpensive to measure, reproducible and can be used as a marker of underlying inflammation in preeclampsia.

There has been small number of researches on the use of these indices to predict pre-eclampsia as well as severity of pre-eclampsia. Therefore, the present study aims to study the role of  hematological indices such as Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio, Platelet to lymphocyte ratio, Mean Platelet volume, Platelet distribution width, Plateletcrit, Red cell Distribution Width and Delta Neutrophil Index,  as predictors of pre-eclampsia.