The Lancet, August 2019 Results showed that alll oral antihypertensives reduced blood pressure to the reference range in most women. As single drugs, nifedipine retard use resulted in a greater frequency of primary outcome attainment than labetalol or methyldopa use.…
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What is preeclampsia and how widespread is it?
By Dr. Amanda Henry, The George Institute Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-related condition characterised by high blood pressure and evidence of other effects on organs of the pregnant woman and her baby, such as protein in the urine, abnormal blood tests…
Antihypertensive drugs for high blood pressure in pregnancy
Ending Eclampsia, 2019 This brief describes the challenges to ensuring women have access to antihypertensive drugs to control their BP during pregnancy, challenges that include national task shifting policies, frequent stock outs, health worker trainings, and inadequate support for task shifting…
Blood Pressure Profile One Year After Severe Pre-eclampsia
American College of Cardiology, 2018 Two hundred women were included in this study. At one year postpartum, 41.5 percent of women had hypertension detected by ABPM (sustained hypertension 14.5 percent, masked hypertension 17.5 percent, white-coat hypertension 9.5 percent). Only 24 percent of…
