The management of postpartum hypertension

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 733-736

  Tan, Lay Kok ^a   De Swiet, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0036635476     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01012.x     Document Type: Note

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