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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Hypertension > Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced

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Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gestational Hypertension
  • Hypertension, Gestational
  • Hypertensions, Pregnancy Induced
  • Induced Hypertension, Pregnancy
  • Induced Hypertensions, Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

Note

  • check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • A condition in pregnant women with elevated systolic (>140 mm Hg) and diastolic (>90 mm Hg) blood pressure on at least two occasions 6 h apart. HYPERTENSION complicates 8-10% of all pregnancies, generally after 20 weeks of gestation. Gestational hypertension can be divided into several broad categories according to the complexity and associated symptoms, such as EDEMA; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURES; abnormalities in BLOOD COAGULATION and liver functions.

History note

  • 2005

In other languages

  • raskausajan verenpainetauti

    Finnish

  • hypertensio graviditatis non specificata
  • hypertensio graviditatis transitoria
  • ohimenevä raskaudenaikainen hypertonia
  • raskaudenaikainen hypertensio
  • raskaudenaikainen hypertonia
  • raskaudenaikainen kohonnut verenpaine
  • raskaudenaikainen korkea verenpaine
  • raskaudenaikainen verenpainetauti
  • raskaushypertensio
  • raskaushypertonia
  • raskausverenpainetauti
  • raskauteen liittyvä hypertensio
  • raskauteen liittyvä hypertonia
  • raskauteen liittyvä kohonnut verenpaine
  • raskauteen liittyvä korkea verenpaine
  • raskauteen liittyvä verenpainetauti
  • Graviditetshypertoni

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046110

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