title: Acute development of oligohydramnios in a pregnancy complicated by chronic hypertension and superimposed pre-eclampsia.
abstract: Perinatal mortality is significantly increased in pregnancies where pre-eclampsia is superimposed on chronic hypertension. Oligohydramnios and intrauterine growth retardation are common in this setting. Although oligohydramnios generally has been assumed to occur gradually the following report pertains to a case of a rapid development of oligohydramnios.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography