Hypertensive disorders complicate about 6 8.0 % of all pregnancies. Currently there is no predictive test for this condition and no cure other than the delivery of the baby. Incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) in our study was 14.4%, with maximum cases of emergency admission (83.9%), low socioeconomic group (83.6%), illiterate (57.4%) and who had not taken any antenatal care (61.7...

Correspondence to: Dr Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Department of Obstetrics, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, North Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; catherine.nelson-piercy@ gstt.sthames.nhs.uk _________________________ H ypertension is the most common medical problem encountered in pregnancy and remains an important cause of maternal, and fetal, morbidity and morta...

We assessed the effect of antihypertensive therapy guided by impedance cardiography on maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies at risk for hypertensive complications. We performed a retrospective review of the outcomes of 318 singleton pregnancies with chronic hypertension or prior preterm delivery due to preeclampsia whose antihypertensive therapy was guided by impedance cardiography. Hemod...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether in pregnancies that subsequently develop preeclampsia (PE), the maternal plasma concentration of the inflammatory factor pentraxin 3 (PTX3) at 11-13 weeks of gestation is increased and whether such a possible increase is associated with uterine artery pulsatility index (PI). METHODS The concentration of plasma PTX3 at 11-13 weeks was measured in a case-control...

Hypertension develops in 10% of pregnancies. Snoring, a marker of obstructive sleep apnoea, is a newly identified risk factor for gestational hypertension. Moreover, obstructive sleep apnoea is an independent risk factor for incident hypertension in the non-pregnant population. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with new onset of ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes of multiple pregnancy and singleton pregnancy from multiple medical centers in Beijing. METHODS Data concerning maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes in multiple and singleton pregnancies were collected from 15 hospitals in Beijing by a systemic cluster sampling survey conducted from 20 June to 30 November 2013. The SPSS softwar...