Hypertension in pregnancy

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Hayman, Richard ^a,b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; DIZZINESS; ECLAMPSIA; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; FLUID THERAPY; FLUSHING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEINURIA; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 2442497374     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.curobgyn.2003.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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