Complications of Pregnancy · NEET PG Preparation Obstetrics & Gynaecology
A 30-year-old primigravida at 28 weeks of gestation is found to have a blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg on two occasions 6 hours apart. Her baseline blo…
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A 30-year-old primigravida at 28 weeks of gestation is found to have a blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg on two occasions 6 hours apart. Her baseline blood pressure in the first trimester was 110/70 mmHg. Urine dipstick for protein is negative. She has no headache, visual disturbances, or epigastric pain. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
- A.Chronic hypertension
- B.Gestational hypertensionCorrect answer
- C.Mild preeclampsia
- D.Superimposed preeclampsia
Solution
Gestational hypertension is defined as new-onset elevated blood pressure (>=140/90 mmHg) after 20 weeks of gestation in a previously normotensive woman, in the absence of proteinuria or other features of end-organ damage (which would classify it as preeclampsia).
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