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High blood pressure, or hypertension, does not usually make you feel unwell, but it can sometimes be serious in pregnancy. Your midwife will check your blood pressure at all your antenatal (pregnancy) appointments.
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Sep 16, 2019 · If a woman is pregnant and chronic high blood pressure is seriously high, doctors typically don’t debate what to do. They treat it—and fast—mainly to minimize the risk for strokes and other potentially deadly cardiovascular events.
- 1.1 Reducing the risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Symptoms of pre-eclampsia. 1.1.1 Advise pregnant women to see a healthcare professional immediately if they experience symptoms of pre-eclampsia.
- 1.2 Assessment of proteinuria in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. 1.2.1 Interpret proteinuria measurements for pregnant women in the context of a full clinical review of symptoms, signs and other investigations for pre-eclampsia.
- 1.3 Management of chronic hypertension in pregnancy. Pre-pregnancy advice. 1.3.1 Offer women with chronic hypertension referral to a specialist in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to discuss the risks and benefits of treatment.
- 1.4 Management of gestational hypertension. Assessment and treatment of gestational hypertension. 1.4.1 In women with gestational hypertension, a full assessment should be carried out in a secondary care setting by a healthcare professional who is trained in the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Feb 14, 2022 · Statin deferral during pregnancy in those with FH is controversial, with some studies suggesting adverse vascular consequences from high cholesterol exposure during the relatively short pregnancy period.
Apr 10, 2019 · The definition of hypertension in pregnancy has not always been standardized, but following the “National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy” recommendation is currently a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ⩾ 140 mmHg and/or a diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ⩾ 90 mmHg (Table 1). 11 The diagnosis gen...
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Our clinic can support you if you have or are at risk of antenatal hypertension, and give advice about how it can affect your pregnancy (including the risk of preclampsia), treatment, checking your blood pressure at home, and planning your birth.
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Dec 15, 2021 · Self-measured BP is important for diagnosing nonsustained BP elevations, including masked hypertension and white coat hypertension, that occur before 20 weeks of gestation. For clinical purposes, the definition of hypertension in pregnancy requires 2 elevated BP measurements 4 hours apart (Table S1).
