Factors associated with persistent hypertension after puerperium among women with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Mulago hospital, Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ndayambagye, Emmanuel B ^a   Nakalembe, Miriam ^a   Kaye, Dan K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTNATAL CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UGANDA; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; URIC ACID;

EID: 77951151562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-12     Document Type: Article

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