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FOREWORD The Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy, composed of 17 experts in the fields of obstetrics, maternal–fetal medicine..., hypertension, internal medicine, nephrology, anesthesiology, physiology, and patient advocacy, was created and charged with three tasks: 1) summarize the current state of knowledge about preeclampsia...
Replaces Committee Opinion No. 623, February 2015
ABSTRACT: Acute-onset, severe systolic hypertension; severe diastolic hypertension; or both can occur during the prenatal, intrapartum, or postpartum periods. Pregnant women or women in the postpartum period with acute-onset, severe systolic hypertension; severe diastolic hypertension; or both require urgent antihypertensive therapy. Introducing...
The Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy, composed of 17 experts in the fields of obstetrics, maternal–fetal medicine..., hypertension, internal medicine, nephrology, anesthesiology, physiology, and patient advocacy, was created and charged with three tasks: 1) summarize the current state of knowledge about preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders in pregnancy by...
High blood pressure (hypertension) poses health risks for women at any stage of life. It affects the blood vessels, heart, brain, kidneys, and eyes. During pregnancy, high blood pressure can lead to disorders, such as preeclampsia, that pose serious health dangers for both mother and baby. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Reaffirmed 2016
This document provides an overview of the current understanding of pregestational diabetes mellitus and suggests management guidelines during pregnancy. Because few well-designed studies have been performed, many of the guidelines are based on expert and consensus opinion.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. As leaders in women’s health care, ob-gyns play a leading role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a...
Reaffirmed 2016
This document provides an overview of the current understanding of pregestational diabetes mellitus and suggests management guidelines during pregnancy. Because few well-designed studies have been performed, many of the guidelines are based on expert and consensus opinion.