TY - JOUR T1 - Hypertension in pregnancy. A1 - Sibai,B M, PY - 1992/12/1/pubmed PY - 1992/12/1/medline PY - 1992/12/1/entrez SP - 615 EP - 32 JF - Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America JO - Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am VL - 19 IS - 4 N2 - Pregnancies complicated by hypertension require a well-formulated management plan. Women with chronic hypertension should be evaluated prior to pregnancy. At onset of pregnancy, they should be classified into low-risk and high-risk groups. The majority of pregnant women identified as low-risk hypertensives will have good perinatal outcome without the use of antihypertensive drugs. In general, antihypertensive medications should be reserved for those considered as having high-risk hypertension. In either case, all these women should have close follow-up of maternal and fetal conditions throughout pregnancy. All women with diagnosed preeclampsia should be hospitalized at the time of diagnosis for evaluation of maternal and fetal well-being. Subsequent management will then depend on gestational age and the severity of the disease process. An individualized management plan and a referral to a tertiary care center will improve maternal and perinatal outcome in those women who are remote from term and in those with the HELLP syndrome. SN - 0889-8545 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/1484651/Hypertension_in_pregnancy_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -