G Dias, F Caeiro, A V Santos, E Landim, I Santos, T Matos, A Nazaré
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension affects 10% of all pregnancies and accounts for approximately a quarter of all antenatal admissions. Hypertension in pregnancy includes a wide spectrum of conditions, including pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, pre-eclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension, chronic hypertension, and gestational hypertension. Pregnancies complicated by hypertension are associated with increased risk of adverse fetal, neonatal and maternal outcomes, including preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, perinatal death, acute renal or hepatic failure, ante partum haemorrhage, postpartum haemorrhage and maternal death...
July 2012: Pregnancy Hypertension