Maternal hypertension and the duration of pregnancy

Wojciech Kaźmierczak; Dariusz Cholewa; Patrycja Fiegler; Kazimierz Kamiński

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Maternal hypertension and the duration of pregnancy

Wojciech Kaźmierczak

,

Dariusz Cholewa

,

Patrycja Fiegler

,

Kazimierz Kamiński

Gin Prakt 2004, 12, 3, 24-27

Online publish date: 2004/06/25

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Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is a relatively common condition affecting 5-10% pregnancies. It is widely regarded to be one of the most common reasons of perinatal mortality of both babies and mothers. Its diagnosis does not seem to be a particular problem but its complex pathology is still waiting for a satisfactory explanation.
The most difficult moment in the whole process of taking care of those patients is deciding on appropriate moment for a delivery and facing dilemma of maternal indications versus dealing with an immature baby.
Authors made an effort to present a systematic review on classification, etiology and therapeutic methods and their influence on delaying the need of delivery in pregnancies complicated by PIH.

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Maternal hypertension and the duration of pregnancy

Wojciech Kaźmierczak , Dariusz Cholewa , Patrycja Fiegler , Kazimierz Kamiński

pregnancy-induced hypertension, treatment, physiopathological changes

Wojciech Kaźmierczak

,

Dariusz Cholewa

,

Patrycja Fiegler

,

Kazimierz Kamiński