Diseases

Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

A condition in PREGNANT PEOPLE 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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A condition in PREGNANT PEOPLE 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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11 entry terms
  • Gestational Hypertension
  • Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
  • Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
  • Hypertension, Gestational
  • Hypertension, Pregnancy Induced
  • Hypertensions, Pregnancy Induced
  • Induced Hypertension, Pregnancy
  • Induced Hypertensions, Pregnancy
  • Transient Hypertension, Pregnancy
  • Hypertension, Pregnancy Transient
  • Pregnancy Transient Hypertension

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

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History Note

2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Hypertension (1970-2004)
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular (1970-2004)

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  1. C12.050.703w.395w
  2. C14w.907w.489w.480w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D046110. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D046110
  2. Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertensive_disease_of_pregnancy
  3. Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19001368