Blood pressure and urinalysis are often omitted in women who have suffered pre-eclampsia at their six-week postnatal check.
Women with pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia were visited between six weeks and three months postpartum and were asked to recall if they had their blood pressure and urine tested at their six-week postnatal check. Of 257 audit participants across 21 maternity units in the United Kingdom over the period 1st June 2001 to 31st May 2002, 93% (n= 238) recalled having had their blood pressure taken and 28% (n = 73) recalled having had their urine tested. A significant proportion of women were not being screened for unresolved pre-eclampsia at their six-week routine postnatal examination.
Samwiil
Lisa
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Mercer
Cath
C
Jarrett
Patricia
P
O'Malley
Sheila
S
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D011247:Pregnancy; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*