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Antihypertensive medication

Medicine used to lower unsafe blood pressure and reduce stroke risk while maintaining blood flow to the placenta.

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High blood pressure and preeclampsia during labor

High blood pressure and preeclampsia during labor

What preeclampsia means in labor Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, typically recognized after 20 weeks of gestation, that can involve more than an elevated blood pressure reading. It reflects abnormal vascular and placental physiology and may affect the kidneys, liver, brain, blood-clotting system, lungs, placenta, and fetal growth environment. In labor, the diagnosis […]