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Obstetrics. Gestational hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension ( PIH) is the development of new hypertension in a pregnant woman after 20 weeks' gestation without the presence of protein in the urine or other signs of pre-eclampsia. [ 1] Gestational hypertension is defined as having a blood pressure greater than 140/90 on two occasions ...
Measuring Rates of Chronic High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy. To assess the rate of chronic hypertension during pregnancy, researchers analyzed commercial insurance claims from 2007 to 2021 ...
Chronic hypertension is a type of high blood pressure in a pregnant woman that is pre-existing before conception, diagnosed early in pregnancy, or persists significantly after the end of pregnancy. It affects about 5% of all pregnancies and can be a primary disorder of essential hypertension or secondary to another condition; it is not caused ...
The World Health Organization recommends that women with severe hypertension during pregnancy should receive treatment with anti-hypertensive agents. [4] Severe hypertension is generally considered systolic BP of at least 160 or diastolic BP of at least 110. [3] Evidence does not support the use of one anti-hypertensive over another. [14]
e. Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [ 11] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [ 1] It is, however, a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral ...
Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions) in a woman with pre-eclampsia. [ 1] Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that presents with three main features: new onset of high blood pressure, large amounts of protein in the urine or other organ dysfunction, and edema. [ 7][ 8][ 9] If left untreated, pre-eclampsia can result ...
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that occurs during the second trimester (after the 20th week of pregnancy) resulting from a poorly perfused placenta. [9] The World Health Organization estimates that preeclampsia and eclampsia are responsible for about 14% of maternal deaths globally (around 50,000 to 75,000 deaths annually). [10]
Pregnancy. Hypertension in Pregnancy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering human and animal hypertension during gestation, including the physiology of circulatory control, pathophysiology, methodology, and therapy. It is published by Informa and the editors-in-chief are Peter von Dadelszen (Canada) and Fiona Lyall (Scotland). [1]