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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 at least 6 ...
This terminology is preferred over the older but widely used term pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) because it is more precise. [10] The newer terminology reflects simply relation of pregnancy with either the onset or first detection of hypertension; the question of causation, while pathogenetically interesting, is not the important point ...
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. [15]
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.
Hypertension occurs in around 0.2 to 3% of newborns; however, blood pressure is not measured routinely in healthy newborns. [42] Hypertension is more common in high risk newborns. A variety of factors, such as gestational age, postconceptional age and birth weight needs to be taken into account when deciding if a blood pressure is normal in a ...
Pregnant woman has severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, [49] severe eclampsia [49] /preeclampsia, [41] active vaginal bleeding, [49] placental abruption, a cardiac disease, [49] or another condition which indicates that the pregnancy should not continue. [49] Maternal hemodynamic instability with bleeding [41]
The following are some examples of pregnancy complications: Pregnancy induced hypertension; Anemia [153] Postpartum depression, a common but solvable complication following childbirth that may result from decreased hormonal levels. [154] Postpartum psychosis; Thromboembolic disorders, with an increased risk due to hypercoagulability in ...
[31] [32] In any subsequent pregnancy, careful monitoring is necessary. A stress test or echocardiogram should be complete prior to a subsequent pregnancy. Where relapse occurs, conventional treatment should be resumed, including hydralazine with nitrates plus beta-blockers during pregnancy, or ACE-inhibitors plus beta-blockers following pregnancy.