HYPERTENSION during Pregnancy

PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION

Gestational Hypertension

Hypertension
without proteinuria

Blood pressure returns to normal by postpartum day 10


High-blood pressure
NO proteinuria
Facial/hand edema

Pre-eclampsia

Acute Hypertension
(mild, severe)
onset after 20th week
WITH proteinuria

High-blood pressure
Proteinuria
Sudden weight gain
Generalized edema
Transient headache

Severe: oliguria, visual disturbance, abdominal pain, hyperreflexia, epigastric pain


Eclampsia

Seizures (clonic-tonic)

High blood pressure
Severe pitting edema
Oliguria
Visual disturbance
Severe abdominal pain
Hyperreflexia
Change in level of consciousness



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