INTRODUCTION
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contribute to most of the maternal morbidity and mortality. Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy by which every organ can be affected. Elevated blood pressureabove 140/90 mmHg and proteinuria are the main diagnostic criteria of preeclampsia. Proteinuria is described a urine protein: creatinine ratio equal or more than 0.3.
Preeclampsia can be categorized into “severe" and “nonsevere." According to the blood pressure measurement, presence of proteinuria, symptoms like headache, visual disturbances, upper abdominal pain or epigastric pain, signs like decreased urine output, elevated serum creatinine level, elevated liver transaminases, thrombocytopenia, pulmonary oedema, and fetal growth restriction.
UTI which is one of the most common infections in pregnancy claimed to play a part in preeclampsia by enhancing maternal systemic inflammatory response and endothelial cell dysfunction which cause placental ischemia.

AIM OF THE WORK:
The aim of this study was to correlate between urinary protein creatinine ratio and urinary tract infection in assessment of severity of preeclampsia.