Open AccessFrom pregnancy to renal disease
Author(s) -
Fay Mitchell-Brown,
Jessica Pubols
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1538-8689
pISSN - 0360-4039
DOI - 10.1097/01.nurse.0000615068.61059.3e
Subject(s) - pregnancy , preeclampsia , medicine , disease , hypertensive disease , obstetrics , focus (optics) , hypertension in pregnancy , blood pressure , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy defined as new-onset hypertension that develops during pregnancy and resolves after delivery. Using a case history as an illustration, this article discusses hypertensive disorders of pregnancy with a focus on preeclampsia and its renal implications.