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Blood Pressure, Growth Retardation, and Preterm Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Robert L. Goldenberg
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Suzanne P. Cliver
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Gary R. Cutter
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Richard O. Davis
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Howard J. Hoffman
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health
Shi Wu Wen
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Abstract

The effect of various levels of both diastolic and systolic blood pressure at various times during pregnancy on the rates of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and preterm delivery (PTD) were determined. Low systolic and diastolic pressures were associated with both IUGR and PTD, as were high pressures. Low pressures tended to be associated with spontaneous preterm deliveries, whereas high pressures were associated with more indicated preterm deliveries.

Type
Screening for Asymptomatic Pregnancy Hypertension
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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