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ABSTRACT: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy constitute one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal mortality worldwide. It has been estimated that preeclampsia complicates 2–8% of pregnancies globally 1.
To help you educate your patients and provide the latest care, this topic center provides a broad range of resources about hypertension and preeclampsia, including clinical guidance, educational materials, and more.
This Practice Bulletin will provide guidelines for the diagnosis and management of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.
This study demonstrates that utilizing a treatment threshold of 140/90 for pregnant people with chronic hypertension provides improved outcomes compared to one that initiates treatments only for blood pressures at or above 160/105.
15 gru 2021 · The ACOG recommends antihypertensive therapy for women with preeclampsia and a sustained systolic BP ≥160 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥110 mm Hg and with chronic hypertension at a systolic BP ≥160 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥110 mm Hg, with a treatment goal of 120 to 160/80 to 110 mm Hg. 2 Internationally, the majority of hypertension societies ...
This report is based on a review of current literature and includes normal physiological changes in pregnancy that may affect clinical presentation of HDP; HDP epidemiology and the immediate and long-term sequelae of HDP; the pathophysiology of preeclampsia, an HDP commonly associated with proteinuria and increasingly recognized as a heterogeneo...
