Purpose: Pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of preeclampsia are reviewed. Summary: Risk factors for the development of preeclampsia include microvascular diseases, such as diabetes ...

Learn more about the symptoms of preeclampsia in pregnancy, its causes, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Preeclampsia in pregnancy is indicated by high blood pressure and high ...

The presence of severe preeclampsia (systolic blood pressure of ≥160 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of ≥110 mm Hg) requires hospital admission, treatment with i.v. antihypertensive agents ...

These findings may have profound implications for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ... retardation and the clinical syndrome termed preeclampsia (Greek for “before the lightning ...

Many women lack access to lifesaving treatments and effective care during and after pregnancy and birth. This has led to many maternal deaths due to related conditions.In a new study, the World Health ...

Lindsay Orr was active and healthy, running marathons and hiking all around Colorado. During pregnancy, she developed a ...

A study by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia were the leading causes of maternal deaths in 2020. Experts stressed the urgent ...

This makes proactive treatment challenging ... but we believe it is integral to developing preeclampsia," said Dr. Swati Shree, a UW Medicine OB-GYN and co-corresponding author of the paper.

Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in five to eight percent of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may also cause premature birth, organ dysfunction. It can also ...

Endometriosis, affecting 10%-15% of women of reproductive age, often causes pelvic pain and infertility. While many women ...

Still, she didn't want to panic, even as her headache began to worsen. She started to suspect that she had preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication that causes swelling and high blood pressure.