title: The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (29.3).
abstract: Hypertensive disorders are the most common medical complication of pregnancy. As such, a large part of antenatal care is dedicated to the detection of pre-eclampsia, the most dangerous of the hypertensive disorders. The highlights of this chapter include progress in the use of out-of-office blood pressure measurement as an adjunct to office blood pressure measurement, pre-eclampsia defined as proteinuria or relevant end-organ dysfunction, antihypertensive therapy for severe and non-severe hypertension and post-partum follow-up to mitigate the increased cardiovascular risk associated with any of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: LMagee@cw.bc.ca.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anouk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pels
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helewa
authors.affiliation: Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Dadelszen
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002908:Chronic Disease; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D016742:Preconception Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: hypertension; long-term prognosis; maternal outcome; perinatal outcome; pre-eclampsia; pregnancy