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Pregnancy complications. High blood pressure (hypertension) and pregnancy. 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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Several different hypertensive disorders can complicate pregnancy. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) uses the following working definitions. Hypertension : diastolic blood pressure of 90–109 mmHg and/or systolic blood pressure of 140–159 mmHg.
Jun 30, 2023 · Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are one of the most commonly occurring complications of pregnancy and include chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, and pre-eclampsia.
May 5, 2020 · Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy continue to be a considerable cause of morbidity and mortality to both mother and fetus. Guidelines have been updated in recent years, and there are new risk prediction tools that can be used to guide decision making in women with pre-eclampsia.
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This guideline includes new and updated recommendations on: 1. assessing proteinuria 2. managing chronic hypertension in pregnancy and gestational hypertension 3. managing pre-eclampsia, including severe pre-eclampsia in critical care settings 4. treatment during the postnatal period (including breastfeeding) 5. advice and follow-up in community ca...
Healthcare professionalsWomen who develop hypertension during pregnancy, who have hypertension and wish to conceive, and who have had a pregnancy complicated by hypertension, and their relatives and carersHow we develop NICE guidelines This guideline updates and replaces NICE guideline CG107 (August 2010).
Apr 28, 2022 · About a third of those who died during hospital delivery had a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy documented. HDP are common and can cause severe complications for pregnant people, such as heart attacks and strokes, and are a leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States.
Jun 13, 2018 · All women with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy require delivery in a center that provides emergency obstetric and neonatal care while women with maternal complications require delivery in a center capable of providing maternal critical care.
