Is mild preeclampsia (EPH gestosis) harmful to the baby?
Mild preeclampsia, as defined by a rise in blood pressure to 140/90 mm Hg or more in the third trimester of pregnancy, does not affect the baby either in terms of increased perinatal mortality or a reduction in birth weight. Higher maternal weight gains are associated with greater birth weight of the babies in primigravidae, provided that proteinuria does not occur. Reduction of water retention by diuretic treatment does not lower the incidence of preeclampsia, does reduce the weight of the baby.
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third