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Blood pressure as a risk factor for eclampsia and pulmonary oedema in pre-eclampsia
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- Van Heerden, P. (author)
- Univ Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, POB 241, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Cluver, C. A. (author)
- Univ Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, POB 241, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa.;Univ Melbourne, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Translat Obstet Grp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.;Mercy Hosp Women, Mercy Perinatal, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia.
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- Bergman, Karl (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine,Univ Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Acad, Dept Cardiol, Dept Mol & Clin Med, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Bergman, Lina, 1982 (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för obstetrik och gynekologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Centrum för klinisk forskning Dalarna,Klinisk obstetrik,Univ Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, POB 241, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa.;Uppsala Univ, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, POB 256, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden.;Univ Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Acad, Inst Clin Sci, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Univ Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, POB 241, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa Univ Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, POB 241, ZA-8000 Cape Town, South Africa.;Univ Melbourne, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Translat Obstet Grp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.;Mercy Hosp Women, Mercy Perinatal, Heidelberg, Vic, Australia. (creator_code:org_t)
- Elsevier BV, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Pregnancy Hypertension-an International Journal of Womens Cardiovascular Health. - : Elsevier BV. - 2210-7789 .- 2210-7797. ; 26, s. 2-7
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- Objective: We evaluated whether blood pressure and change in blood pressure measurements during pregnancy were associated with eclampsia or pulmonary oedema among women with pre-eclampsia. Study design: Observational study of women with eclampsia, pre-eclampsia complicated by pulmonary oedema and pre-eclampsia without end-organ complications (pre-eclampsia controls) at a large referral center in Cape Town, South Africa. Main outcome measures: Blood pressure measurements at presentation for antenatal care were compared to measurements after a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Mean blood pressures and changes in blood pressures were also calculated and compared between groups at different time points. A sub analysis including women who presented for antenatal care before 20 weeks of gestation was performed. Results: When diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, women with pulmonary oedema had increased systolic blood pressures and women with eclampsia had increased diastolic blood pressures compared to pre-eclampsia controls. There were no differences in blood pressure measurements in early pregnancy between women who later developed eclampsia or pulmonary oedema compared to pre-eclampsia controls. Conclusion: Blood pressure measurements in early pregnancy do not seem useful as a risk factor for the development of eclampsia or pulmonary oedema among women diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. Increased systolic or diastolic pressure at diagnosis of pre-eclampsia may be useful as a risk factor for the development of pulmonary oedema or eclampsia. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Eclampsia
- Pulmonary oedema
- Pre-eclampsia
- Hypertension
- Pregnancy
- complications
- hemodynamics
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
- Eclampsia
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- art (subject category)
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