Elevated midtrimester mean arterial blood pressure in women with severe preeclampsia
| Autor: | Lynne J. Groome, Jana L. Atterbury, Susan L. Baker |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Mean arterial pressure medicine.medical_specialty Screening test Blood Pressure macromolecular substances Severity of Illness Index Pre-Eclampsia Predictive Value of Tests Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Humans reproductive and urinary physiology General Nursing Retrospective Studies Gynecology Obstetrics business.industry Control subjects medicine.disease Severe preeclampsia female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Blood pressure Pregnancy Trimester Second Matched group Female business |
| Zdroj: | Applied Nursing Research. 9:161-166 |
| ISSN: | 0897-1897 |
| Popis: | Although early identification of pregnant women who are at risk for severe preeclampsia may help reduce maternal-perinatal sequelae, an adequate screening test for this disorder has not been described. The purpose of this study was to determine if a group of women ( n = 57) who developed severe preeclampsia had a higher midtrimester mean arterial pressure (MAP-2) than a matched group of women ( n = 57) who remained normotensive throughout pregnancy and the puerperium. It was found that women who developed severe preeclampsia had a significantly higher MAP-2 than normotensive women and significantly more preeclamptic subjects had an MAP-2 ≥ 85 mmHg than did control subjects. Thus, an elevated MAP-2 may help identify women who are at risk for the development of severe preeclampsia. |
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