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Final report of study on hypertension during pregnancy: the effects of specific treatment on the growth and development of the children.

J. Cockburn, +3 more
- 20 Mar 1982 - 
- Vol. 319, Iss: 8273, pp 647-649
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There were no significant differences between the children in the treated and untreated groups in standing and supine blood pressures, or fourteen tests of ability, and methyldopa seems safe to use in pregnancy and is probably preferable to other drugs from the point of view of the neonate and child.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1982-03-20. It has received 256 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pregnancy.

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ESC Guidelines on the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy: the Task Force on the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

TL;DR: Recommendations for the prevention and management of venous thrombo-embolism in pregnancy and puerperium and the associated risk groups according to risk factors: definition and preventive measures are presented.
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Contribution of preterm delivery to perinatal mortality.

TL;DR: A detailed retrospective analysis was made of the records of 486 preterm infants, who accounted for 5-1% of all births during 1973 and 1974, and found neonatal mortality rates were closely linked both to gestational age and birth weight and to the reason for preterm birth.
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A random-zero sphygmomanometer.

J.S. Garrow, +2 more
- 14 Feb 1970 - 
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Fetal outcome in trial of antihypertensive treatment in pregnancy

TL;DR: Methyldopa is safe to use for the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy in the context of close medical and obstetric supervision and has no effect on fetal growth in utero.
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Methyldopa therefore seems safe to use in pregnancy and is probably preferable to other drugs from the point of view of the neonate and child.