Measuring blood pressure in normal and hypertensive pregnancy

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-26

  Shennan, Andrew H ^a   Halligan, Aidan W F ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Measurement; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0032735692     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0003     Document Type: Article

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