Blood Pressure, Growth Retardation, and Preterm Delivery

1 January 1992

journal article
screening for-asymptomatic-pregnancy-hypertension
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Vol. 8 (S1) , 82-90
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300012952

Abstract

The effect of various levels of both diastolic and systolic blood pressure at various times during pregnancy on the rates of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and preterm delivery (PTD) were determined. Low systolic and diastolic pressures were associated with both IUGR and PTD, as were high pressures. Low pressures tended to be associated with spontaneous preterm deliveries, whereas high pressures were associated with more indicated preterm deliveries.

Keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE
GROWTH RETARDATION
PRETERM DELIVERIES
PTD
PRESSURES
PREGNANCY
INTRAUTERINE
IUGR

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Hypertension-hypotension in pregnancy. Correlation with fetal outcome
JAMA, 1978