Prescription of antihypertensive medications during pregnancy in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to describe the management of antihypertensive medications in pregnancy by general practitioners in the UK and compare it with current guidelines.

Methods

We used electronic medical records from The Health Improvement Network database from 1996 to 2010 to identify completed pregnancies. The study cohort included the first pregnancy identified during the study period in women aged 13-49 years. Information on both hypertension diagnoses and prescription of specific antihypertensive medications within the 90 days before the last menstrual period (LMP) and during pregnancy was ascertained from electronic medical records.

Results

Among 148,544 eligible pregnancies, we identified 1995 (1.3%) during which the women had pre-existing hypertension diagn

SUBMITTER: Cea Soriano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4198617 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature