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Long term follow‐up of women with hypertension in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Selvaggi L.,
Loverro G.,
Schena F.P.,
Manno C.,
Cagnazzo G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(88)90086-0
Subject(s) - medicine , term (time) , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , genetics , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
The reproductive history and the present health status of 66 patients who had had a pregnancy complicated by hypertension during the period 1972–1982 were retrospectively studied. Hypertension in pregnancy is a poor prognostic factor not only for the future development of hypertension but, also, as it is associated to a very poor reproductive history. Such complications are more frequent in pregnant women with very high blood pressure (160/100). In fact, in the case of a previous pregnancy, this group of patients had experienced a high rate of abortions (31.7%), premature deliveries (17.8%) and perinatal mortality (21.4%). Moreover, these women are subject to a higher risk (56.5%) of developing hypertension in successive pregnancies. Risk factors for determining the future development of hypertension are: familiar hypertension, the severity of hypertension during pregnancy and pluriparity.