Preeclampsia:
A disorder of pregnancy occurring after 20 weeks’ gestation characterized by new-onset hypertension (HTN), new-onset proteinuria, ± impaired organ function:
May progress ...
Preeclampsia diagnosis:
New-onset elevated blood pressure (BP): systolic BP (SBP) ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic BP (DBP) ≥90 mm Hg (on two occasions at least 4 hours apart) or ≥160/110 mm Hg after ...
Preeclampsia without severe features:
Outpatient care
Maternal: daily home BP monitoring; daily weights; weekly labs (CBC, creatinine, liver function test [LFT])
Fetal:
Patient-m...
Without severe features: restricted activity and close monitoring; with severe features: restricted activity, in hospital
Women with a history of preeclampsia shou...
Abalos E, Duley L, Steyn DW. Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;(2):CD002252.
American College o...
O14.90 Unspecified pre-eclampsia, unspecified trimester
O15.00 Eclampsia in pregnancy, unspecified trimester
O14.00 Mild to moderate pre-eclampsia, unspecified trimester
O14.10 Severe pre-ecla...
Management of preeclampsia depends on both the severity of the condition and the GA of the fetus.
Magnesium sulfate is the treatment of choice for women demonstrating preeclampsia with ...
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