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A STUDY OF THE LONG‐TERM EFFECTS OF PRE‐ECLAMPSIA ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND RENAL FUNCTION
Author(s) -
Singh M. M.,
Macgillivray I.,
Mahaffy R. G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00404.x
Subject(s) - eclampsia , medicine , blood pressure , renal function , pregnancy , obstetrics , cardiology , genetics , biology
Summary A long term followup of 88 patients who had severe pre‐eclampsia in their first pregnancies and a control group of women who had normotensive pregnancies has been made to assess the late sequelae of pre‐eclampsia on blood pressure and renal function. The women who had a recurrence of severe pre‐eclampsia in a subsequent pregnancy had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures than those who did not. Renal investigations did not show any significant alteration in renal function in the subgroups. The study suggests that women who have recurrent pre‐eclampsia become hypertensive in later life but renal function is not impaired.