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Gestational hypertension is blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 that begins during the latter half of pregnancy (typically after 20 weeks). During pregnancy, high blood pressure can affect your body in different ways than it normally would. If high blood pressure goes unmanaged, both you and the fetus are at risk for complications.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is a form of high blood pressure in pregnancy. It occurs in about 7 to 10 percent of all pregnancies. Another type of high blood pressure is chronic hypertension - high blood pressure that is present before pregnancy begins. Pregnancy-induced hypertension is also called toxemia or preeclampsia.
Apr 10, 2019 · The prevalence of hypertension in reproductive-aged women is estimated to be 7.7%. 1 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, an umbrella term that includes preexisting and gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies and represent a significant cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. 2 ...
- Stephanie Braunthal, Andrei Brateanu
- 2019
Hypertension affects 10% of pregnancies in the United States and remains a leading cause of both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Hypertension in pregnancy includes a spectrum of conditions, most notably preeclampsia, a form of hypertension unique to pregnancy that occurs de novo or superimposed on chronic hypertension. Risks to the fetus include premature delivery, growth ...
- Vesna D. Garovic
- 2000
Jan 12, 2022 · The recent American College of Cardiology/AHA task force guidelines lowered the threshold for the diagnosis of hypertension in nonpregnant patients to 130/80 mm Hg for stage 1 hypertension and to 140/90 mm Hg for stage 2 hypertension, resulting in larger numbers of individuals being diagnosed and treated. 6 There is robust evidence in the ...
Tests to rule out other causes of hypertension. Blood pressure is measured routinely at prenatal visits. If severe hypertension occurs for the first time in pregnant women who do not have a multifetal pregnancy or gestational trophoblastic disease, tests to rule out other causes of hypertension (eg, renal artery stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, Cushing syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia (including chronic hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome [hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets]) are hypertensive disorders induced by pregnancy that resolve postpartum. Because of this and other similarities (gestational hypertension often progresses ...
