Optimal Timing of Delivery for Pregnant Individuals With Mild Chronic Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the optimal gestational age to deliver pregnant people with chronic hypertension to improve perinatal outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a planned secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of chronic hypertension treatment to different blood pressure goals. Participants with term, singleton gestations were included. Those with fetal anomalies and those with a diagnosis of preeclampsia before 37 weeks of gestation were excluded. The primary maternal composite outcome included death, serious morbidity (heart failure, stroke, encephalopathy, myocardial infarction, pulmonary edema, intensive care unit admission, intubation, renal failure), preeclampsia with severe features, hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion, or abruption. The primary neonatal

SUBMITTER: Metz TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333119 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature