ON HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
@inproceedings{Petrescu2010ONHI, title={ON HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY}, author={V. Petrescu and M. Petrescu and Benedict Ancăr}, year={2010} }
Hypertension is a very common and potentially devastating complication of pregnancy. Gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia have remained one of the leading causes of both maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. Medical treatment has not changed significantly for many years because of lack of an evidence base for the introduction of new therapies. Hypertension can be: 1.pre-existing defined as blood pressure >140/ 90 mmHg that predates pregnancy or develops before 20 weeks of gestation… CONTINUE READING
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