Women with chronic hypertension should undergo a prepregnancy evaluation and close monitoring during and after pregnancy to ensure medication safety and to prevent end-organ damage. Based on available data, the current recommendation is that antihypertensive therapy should be initiated only in women with...
Most cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension resolve without any serious damage. However, pregnancy-induced hypertension may cause various complications in both mother and child. It can even prove to be fatal if proper attention is not given to managing this high blood pressure. 1. HELPP syndrome ...
Such medication must be chosen carefully to avoid fetal and mateerial toxicity, and diuretics and salt restriction during pregnancy should be avoided. Among patients with essential hypertension the problem accelerates late in pregnancy in 2% to 11%; the acceleration may be predicted by determination ...
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The most common heart conditions seen in pregnancy are related to high blood pressure conditions in pregnancy (preeclampsia and gestational hypertension), irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), and theheart musclenot squeezing strongly enough (heart failure). At theDuke Birthing Center, doctors care for...
A variety of oral and parenteral therapies are approved for the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy; methyldopa, labetalol, and nifedipine have been used safely in pregnancy, as has hydrochlorothiazide in those already taking this medication before conception. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors ...
Chronic hypertension is defined as hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure≥90 mm Hg) present at the booking visit or before 20 weeks' gestation, or if the patient is already taking antihypertensive medication. It complicates between 1 and 5% of pregnancies....
No medication (not even a nonprescription drug) should be taken except under medical supervision, since it could pass from the mother through the placenta to the developing baby. Some drugs, called teratogens, have been proven harmful to a fetus, but no drug should be considered completely safe...
Until these studies become available, it is good practice to treat both mild-to-moderate essential hypertension and pregnancy-induced hypertension with antihypertensive medication. In addition, conservative management of severe hypertension in later pregnancy, in centers that can provide intensive ...
the management of hypertension in pregnancy include choosing when to use antihypertensive medication, goals of antihypertensive therapy, and which drugs to use... RM Peters,JM Flack - Springer New York 被引量: 2发表: 2015年 Effects of hypertension and use of antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy on...