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High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
If you are pregnant, high blood pressure can cause problems for you and your unborn baby. You may have had high blood pressure before you got pregnant. Or you may get it once you are pregnant - a condition called gestational hypertension. Whichever you have, it can cause low birth weight or premature delivery of the baby. Serious cases may develop preeclampsia, a sudden increase in blood pressure after the 20th week of pregnancy. It can be life-threatening for both you and the unborn baby.
Treatments for high blood pressure in pregnancy may include close monitoring of the baby, lifestyle changes and certain medicines. For preeclampsia, early delivery of the baby may be necessary.
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High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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Preeclampsia and Eclampsia(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
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Overviews
- High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy: Know the Facts(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - PDF
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Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure: Pregnancy(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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Latest News
- Could Hypertension in Pregnancy Harm Child's Thinking Skills for Decades?(10/03/2012, HealthDay)
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High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy
(09/11/2012, HealthDay)
- More Pregnant Women Taking High Blood Pressure Drugs, Yet Safety Unclear(09/10/2012, American Heart Association)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Measuring Your Blood Pressure at Home: A Review of the Research for Adults(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
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- Urine Screen for Sugar and/or Protein(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Coping
- Surviving Bed Rest(Nemours Foundation)
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Specific Conditions
- Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy(American Heart Association) - PDF
- High Blood Pressure and Women(American Heart Association)
- Preeclampsia(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Related Issues
- HELLP Syndrome(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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- Pregnancy Complications: Liver Disorders(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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- Preeclampsia - Encyclopedia
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pre-Eclampsia(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
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References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Pregnancy-induced hypertension--a particular pathogenic model. Similarities with other forms of...
- Article: Diagnostic accuracy of spot urinary protein and albumin to creatinine...
- Article: Should cervical favourability play a role in the decision for...
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Directories
- ACOG's Physician Directory(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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Patient Handouts
- Eclampsia
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- Preeclampsia
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