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The Effects of Chronic Maternal Hypotension During Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Ng Peng H.,
Walters William A. W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1992.tb01888.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gestation , obstetrics , pregnancy , meconium , birth weight , amniotic fluid , gestational age , prospective cohort study , fetus , surgery , genetics , biology
Summary The relationship between chronic maternal hypotension and obstetric outcome was examined retrospectively in a group of 134 pregnant women and compared with a normotensive control group. The hypotensive women had significantly increased risks of delivery before the 38th week of gestation, lower birth‐weight of babies for gestational age, and postpartum complications. In addition, the rates of preterm delivery before 37 weeks' gestation, birth‐weight less than 2,500 g and significant meconium‐staining of the amniotic fluid were higher in the hypotensive group, although these results did not reach statistical significance. These data support the need for a prospective study of the effects of chronic hypotension during pregnancy.