title: The Anachronistic Terminology of Gestational Hypertension: Time for a Change.
abstract: Few conditions in medicine are plagued with as confusing and anachronistic terminology as the clinical variants of pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia. We propose a simple system of nomenclature that reflects both actual pathophysiology and standard 21st century medical terminology. Such a change would facilitate both rational, evidence-based clinical care, collaboration with other specialties, and research.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Belfort
authors.forename: Gary D V
authors.initials: GDV
authors.lastname: Hankins
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic