Open AccessHOW SWEDISH OBSTETRICIANS MANAGE HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Lindberg Bo S.,
Sandström Bo
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348109158141
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , hypertension in pregnancy , unanimity , obstetrics , hypertension treatment , hydralazine , gestational hypertension , gynecology , preeclampsia , family medicine , pediatrics , blood pressure , genetics , political science , law , biology
. One hundred and seventy‐nine obstetricians in Sweden answered a questionnaire on the management of pregnant women with hypertension. A similar study on English practice has been published earlier. In mild hypertension, 33% of the obstetricians did not prescribe medical treatment at all, while in more severe cases almost all of them would recommend a combination of hydralazine and diuretics or betablockers. There was a considerable unanimity in the replies about what treatment a patient with hypertension could use or should stop using during pregnancy. In comparison with English obstetricians the Swedish colleagues seldom consider termination of pregnancy in hypertension during early pregnancy.