Oral Nifedipine Versus Labetalol in Treatment of Postpartum Hypertension

Summary

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are important cause of severe morbidity, long-term disability and death among both mothers and their babies. In Africa and Asia, nearly one tenth of all maternal deaths are associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy research has focused on the antenatal complications' for both mother and baby and the risks and benefits of administering antihypertensive therapy prior to delivery hypertension disorders of pregnancy often persist following delivery and sometimes arise de novo postpartum one of the maternal complications of pre eclampsia is residual chronic hypertension in about 1/3 of cases elevated blood pressure is seen in 6%to 8% of all pregnancies hypertension (arterial pressure \>140/90 mmhg) in pregnancy is classified into one of four conditions 1. chronic hypertension that precedes pregnancy 2. pre eclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic syndrome of elevated arterial pressure,proteinuria and other findings 3. pre eclampsia superimposed upon chronic hypertension 4. gestational hypertension or nonproteinuric hypertension of pregnancy

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Start

2018-01-19

Primary completion

2019-02-01

Completion

2019-03-01

Publications

• Background WHO Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK140561/
• Background Abalos E, Duley L, Steyn DW, Henderson-Smart DJ. Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jan 24;(1):CD002252. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002252.pub2.
• Background Magee L, von Dadelszen P. Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Apr 30;2013(4):CD004351. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004351.pub3.
• Background Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research 2017: hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
• Background ACOG technical bulletin. Hypertension in pregnancy. Number 219--January 1996 (replaces no. 91, February 1986). Committee on Technical Bulletins of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1996 May;53(2):175-83. No abstract available.
• Background Lenfant C; National Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy. Working group report on high blood pressure in pregnancy. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2001 Mar-Apr;3(2):75-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2001.00458.x.

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