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Pre-eclampsia is said to be present when hypertension arises in pregnancy (pregnancy-induced hypertension) in association with significant protein in the urine. It should not, however, be considered primarily as a blood pressure disorder: such a simplistic view detracts from the fundamental pathological process underlying this condition. It is multisystem disorder which occurs only in pregnancy and which can affect every organ system in the body, particularly the liver, lungs, kidney, brain ...
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Resources
- ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Disorders of Pregnancy (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Disorders of Pregnancy: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) & Preeclampsia and Eclampsia (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy (University of Michigan Health System)
- High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- How Common Are High Blood Pressure and Preeclampsia in Pregnancy? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- How is Preeclamspia Detected? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Hypertension and Pregnancy: Careful Monitoring Is Crucial (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Is Preeclampsia Influenced by Fetal Sex? (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Low-dose Aspirin Lowers Incidence of Hypertension in Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Periodontal Disease Increases Risk of Preeclampsia (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Preeclampsia (Medline Plus)
- Preeclampsia (National Institutes of Health)
- Preeclampsia (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Preeclampsia (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Preeclampsia (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Preeclampsia (Google Health)
- Preeclampsia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Preeclampsia (High Blood Pressure) (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Pregnancy-related hypertension (MayoClinic)
- Pregnancy-Related Mortality from Preeclampsia and Eclampsia (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Researchers Discover How Embryo Attaches to the Uterus (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Preeclampsia in Hypertensive Women (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)
- Substances Found in Blood May Predict Development of Preeclampsia (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Surviving Bed Rest (Nemours Foundation)
- Urinalysis (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure: Preeclampsia in Pregnancy (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
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