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Hypertension during pregnancy, with and without specific hypotensive treatment: I. Perinatal factors and neonatal morbidity
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In both hypertensive groups there was a higher incidence of clinical signs of possible fetal distress and instrumental delivery, and the treated hypertensive group had an excess of infants with relatively smaller head circumferences for their gestational age compared with both the untreated hypertensive Group and the hospital sample.About:
This article is published in Early Human Development.The article was published on 1977-10-01. It has received 53 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Gestational age & Pregnancy.read more
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Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy
TL;DR: There is a halving in the risk of developing severe hypertension associated with the use of antihypertensive drug(s) and other outcomes were only reported by a small proportion of studies, and there were no clear differences in any other outcomes.
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Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
TL;DR: This guideline summarizes the quality of the evidence to date and provides a reasonable approach to the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).
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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.
TL;DR: 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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Update on the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in Pregnancy
Tiina Podymow,Phyllis August +1 more
TL;DR: The focus of treatment is the 9 months of pregnancy, during which untreated mild-to-moderate hypertension is unlikely to lead to unfavorable long-term maternal outcomes, and antihypertensive agents are mainly used to prevent and treat severe hypertension.
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Pregnancy-Induced hypertension.
TL;DR: Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a major cause of maternal, fetal and newborn morbidity and mortality and treatment depends on blood pressure levels, gestational age, presence of symptoms and associated risk factors.
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Standards from birth to maturity for height, weight, height velocity, and weight velocity: British children, 1965. II
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Intrauterine growth of live-born Caucasian infants at sea level: Standards obtained from measurements in 7 dimensions of infants born between 25 and 44 weeks
TL;DR: Normal anthropometric standards are presented for new-born Caucasian infants at sea level between 25 and 44 weeks' gestational age based upon measurements in 7 dimensions made in duplicate by a single observer using standard measurement techniques.
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The Denver Developmental Screening Test
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The development of the infant and young child;: Normal and abnormal
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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.