Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy and Placenta-Mediated Complications Regardless of Preeclampsia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of chronic hypertension in women of reproductive age is on the rise mainly due to delayed childbearing. Maternal chronic hypertension, prevailing prior to conception or manifesting within the early gestational period, poses a substantial risk for the development of preeclampsia with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, specifically as a result of placental dysfunction. We aimed to investigate whether chronic hypertension is associated with placenta-mediated complications regardless of the development of preeclampsia in pregnancy.

Methods

This was a population-based, retrospective cohort study from 'Soroka' university medical center (SUMC) in Israel, of women who gave birth between 1991 and 2021, comparing placenta-mediated complications (including f

SUBMITTER: Cohen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10889586 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature