Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Hypertension is the most common medical problem encountered during pregnancy, complicating 2-3% of pregnancies. Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are classified into 4 categories, as recommended by the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: 1) chronic hypertension, 2) preeclampsia-eclampsia, 3) preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension, and 4) gestational hypertension (transient hypertension of pregnancy or chronic hypertension identified in the latter half of pregnancy) (1). This terminology is preferred over the older but widely used term pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) because it is more precise.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Alessia Mammaro, Sabina Carrara, Alessandro Cavaliere, Santina Ermito, Angela Dinatale, Elisa Maria Pappalardo, Mariapia Militello, Rosa Pedata
Institution: Policlinico Tor Vergata
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1640115117