Routine Surveillance of Patients with Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Authors

Johanna Quist-Nelson, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFollow
Lauren Cooper, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFollow
Abigail Wolf, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

4-17-2015

Comments

Presented at Women's Health 2015: The 23rd Annual Congress in Washington DC.

Abstract

BACKGROUND

• Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy carry morbidity and mortality for mothers and infants
• Hypertensive disorders include a full spectrum from gestational hypertension and preeclampsia to eclampsia.
• In 2013 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released an executive summary with new task force recommendations for closer monitoring of patients with hypertensive disorders including:

Twice weekly blood pressure monitoring

Weekly office visits

Ultrasound surveillance of fetal growth

Weekly laboratory surveillance

Delivery at 37 weeks for patients with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia without severe features

Recommended Citation

Quist-Nelson, MD, Johanna; Cooper, MD, Lauren; and Wolf, MD, Abigail, "Routine Surveillance of Patients with Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy" (2015). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Presentations and Grand Rounds. Paper 6.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/obgyngrandrounds/6