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PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION Course Outline TYPES OF PIH DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION PRE-ECLAMPSIA PREECLAMPSIA SUPERIMPOSED ON CHRONIC HYPERTENSION RISK FACTORS ETIPATHOGENESIS PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF PREECLAMPSIA SYNDROME ETIOLOGY PATHOGENESIS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PREDICTIVE TESTS ECLAMPSIA OBSTETRIC MEASURE PREVENTION EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PREECLAMPSIA EVALUATION OF PREECLAMPSIA CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS OF PREECLAMPSIA LONGTERM CONSEQUENCES TYPES OF PIH: (1) Preeclampsia and eclampsia syndrome (2) Chronic hypertension of any etiology (3) Preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension (4) Gestational hypertension DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS Hypertension is diagnosed when blood pressure exceeds 140mmHg systolic or 90mmHg diastolic. Eclamptic seizures develop in some whose blood pressure have stayed below 140/90mmHg. A sudden rise in mean arterial pressure but still in normotensive – “delta hypertension” – may signify preeclampsia

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HYPERTENSION




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, PREGNANCY INDUCED
GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION

Preeclampsia does not develop and hypertension resolves by

HYPERTENSION 12 th week postpartum.
Blood pressure reach 140/90mmHg or greater for the first time
Course Outline after Midpregnancy but proteinuria is not identified. Half of
these patient subsequently develop preeclampsia syndrome.
 TYPES OF PIH
 DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS Gestational hypertension is reclassified by some as “transient
 GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION hypertension” if evidence for preeclampsia does not develop
 PRE-ECLAMPSIA and blood pressure returns to normal by 12 weeks postpartum.
 PREECLAMPSIA SUPERIMPOSED ON CHRONIC
HYPERTENSION PRE-ECLAMPSIA
 RISK FACTORS
Summary:
 ETIPATHOGENESIS
 PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF PREECLAMPSIA
▪ Hypertension, proteinuria, edema
SYNDROME
▪ The new onset of htn and proteinuria or htn and
 ETIOLOGY
endorgan dysfunction with or without proteinuria.
 PATHOGENESIS
 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ▪ Caused by placental and maternal vascular and always
 PREDICTIVE TESTS resolves after delivery
 ECLAMPSIA ▪ Increase risk of cardiovascular disease
 OBSTETRIC MEASURE ▪ Increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure can
 PREVENTION be either normal physiological changes or signs of
 EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PREECLAMPSIA developing pathology.
 EVALUATION OF PREECLAMPSIA
 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA It is described as pregnancy-specific that can affect virtually
 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS OF every organ system. Much more than gestational hypertension
PREECLAMPSIA with proteinuria, appearance of proteinuria remains an
 LONGTERM CONSEQUENCES important diagnostic criterion. Other diagnostic criteria are the
following: thrombocytopenia, renal dysfunction, hepatocellular
necrosis, CNS perturbations, and pulmonary edema.
TYPES OF PIH:

(1) Preeclampsia and eclampsia syndrome INDICATORS OF PREECLAMPSIA SEVERITY
(2) Chronic hypertension of any etiology
Headaches or visual disturbances such as scotomata
(3) Preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension
can precede eclampsia
(4) Gestational hypertension
Epigastric pain or RUQ pain accompanies
hepatocellular necrosis, ischemia, and edema.
DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS Accompanied by elevated serum hepatic
Hypertension is diagnosed when blood pressure exceeds transaminase levels.
140mmHg systolic or 90mmHg diastolic. Eclamptic seizures Thrombocytopenia. Represents platelet activation and
develop in some whose blood pressure have stayed below aggregation as well as microangiopathic hemolysis.
140/90mmHg. A sudden rise in mean arterial pressure but still Renal or cardiac involvement Obvious fetal-growth
in normotensive – “delta hypertension” – may signify restriction Early-onset disease.
preeclampsia

Delta Hypertension is when there is an acute rise in blood
pressure. Some women will go on to have obvious
preeclampsia, and some develop eclamptic seizures or HELLP
while still in normotensive.

TUTOR SAMMY
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