Items for "gestational hypertension"

Pregnancy outcome of women who developed proteinuria in the absence of hypertension after mid-gestation

Objective: To characterize the clinical features of women with singleton pregnancies who develop proteinuria in the absence of hypertension after mid-gestation.

Methods: Seventy-nine women who developed proteinuria and/or hypertension at and after 20 weeks of gestation were reviewed, focusing on the gestational week at which significant proteinuria (>0.3 g/day) and/or hypertension developed.

Results: Thirty-seven (47%) women exhibited new-onset proteinuria (>0.3 g/day) in the absence of hypertension, 33 (42%) exhibited new-onset hypertension in the absence of proteinuria, and 9 (11%) exhibited both proteinuria and hypertension...

Keywords: Antithrombin activity, clinical outcome, gestational hypertension, gestational proteinuria, preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, presumptive diagnosis