Journal
HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 168-177Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10641950802233072
Keywords
Pregnancy; Preeclampsia; Hypertension; Nurse-measured blood pressure; Home blood pressure
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Objective: To explore the difference between distinct methods of assessing blood pressure (BP) in pregnant women with different hypertensive disorders. Methods: We compared office BP to home patient- and nurse-measured diastolic BP in pregnant women with essential chronic hypertension (CH), preeclampsia (PE) and isolated hypertension (IOH). Results: Office BP was lower or similar to home patient- and nurse-measured BP in women with CH. Office BP was higher than home patient-measured BP in women with PE and in women with IOH (p 0.0001). Nurse-measured BP was higher than patient-measured BP in women with PE (p 0.01). Conclusions: BP assessments in women with PE are significantly influenced by the environment, which should be considered in managing these women.
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