Gestational hypertension

Introduction: Gestational hypertension

Description of Gestational hypertension

Gestational hypertension (medical condition): Any type of high blood pressure occuring during pregnancy is a type of "gestational hypertension". ...more

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Gestational hypertension: A condition in pregnant women with elevated systolic (>140 mm Hg) and diastolic (>90 mm Hg) blood pressure on at least two occasions 6 h apart. HYPERTENSION complicates 8-10% of all pregnancies, generally after 20 weeks of gestation. Gestational hypertension can be divided into several broad categories according to the complexity and associated symptoms, such as EDEMA; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURES; abnormalities in BLOOD COAGULATION and liver functions.
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Gestational hypertension: Related Topics

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Gestational hypertension as a Disease

Gestational hypertension (medical condition): See Gestational hypertension (disease information).
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  »Treatments for Gestational hypertension

Gestational hypertension: Related Diseases

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Gestational hypertension: Article Excerpts

Gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure elevation detected for the first time after... (Source: excerpt from REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI)

Gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure elevation detected for the first... (Source: excerpt from REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI)