Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 401 views
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy include pre-eclampisia superimposed upon chronic hypertension, and transient hypertension (Lenfant et al. 1990). Chronic hypertension that is present and observable before pregnancy or is diagnosed before the twentieth week of gestation. Pre-eclampsia is determined by the increase blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation accompanied by proteinuria, edema, or both (Cunningham et al., 1993; Roberts 1994).
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 357 views
Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia is common among Filipino women. Here is a short introduction to pre-eclampsia:
Most women enter pregnancy in apparent good health and achieve a normal pregnancy and delivery without complications. In few women however, for reasons which are usually unclear, unexpected deviations, from the course of normal pregnancy develops such complications that threaten the pregnancy outcome, the women health or both (Pilliteri, 1999).
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Tags:
Common Diseases,
Eclampsia,
Pre-eclampsia,
Pregnancy Disorder
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