Year: 2010
Type: editorial
Abstract: A lthough smoking during pregnancy may lead to many adverse effects, such as fetal growth restriction, placental abruption, stillbirth, and preterm labor, smoking is the only environmental exposure known to consistently reduce the risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.1 The article by Wikstro ¨m et al 2 is a major step forward in understanding this protective effect.Using data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register in a large epidemiological study of Ͼ600 000 Nordic women, the authors conclude that use of Swedish snuff, a smokeless tobacco, did not reduce the risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension but that tobacco, when smoked, did.They infer that combustion products of tobacco, such as carbon monoxide (CO), protectThe opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.
Source: Hypertension
Authors: S. Ananth Karumanchi, Richard J. Levine
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
OpenAlex ID: W2168674739