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25 cze 2019 · This guideline covers diagnosing and managing hypertension (high blood pressure), including pre-eclampsia, during pregnancy, labour and birth. It also includes advice for
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy carry risks for the woman and remain a cause of maternal death. The mortality rate from hypertensive related causes has remained stable at 6 per 100,000 maternities in 2014-16 and 2017-19 (MBRRACE-UK, 2021).
hypertensive disorders during pregnancy in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods in order to improve the outcome for the parent and child. This guideline is based on the NICE clinical guideline CG107 ‘Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management’.
This guideline outlines the management of women and birthing people with hypertension in pregnancy. There are different types of hypertensive conditions in pregnancy and their management is dependent on the diagnosis. The different hypertensive disorders are defined below and the guideline includes management for all of these conditions.
Making decisions using NICE guidelines explains how we use words to show the strength (or certainty) of our recommendations, and has information about prescribing medicines (including off-label use), professional guidelines, standards and laws (including on consent and mental capacity), and safeguarding.
NICE Guidance. Conditions and diseases. Cardiovascular conditions. Hypertension. All NICE products on hypertension. Includes any guidance and quality standards. Published products on this topic (15) Guidance. We use the best available evidence to develop recommendations that guide decisions in health, public health and social care.
Management. Hypertension in pregnancy: Management. Last revised in May 2022. Scenario: Pre-eclampsia: Covers the identification and management of women who are at high risk of pre-eclampsia. Scenario: Pre-existing hypertension, or hypertension before 20 weeks: Covers the assessment and management of women with pre-existing chronic hypertension.
