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Preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension in pregnancy

Australia

• Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
  • Supplement: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [2012]
  • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [2012]

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Hypertension in Pregnancy - Medical Management [2011]

Australia, New Zealand

• Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
  • Guidelines for the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 2008 [2008]

Canada

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Treatment of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In: Diagnosis, evaluation and management of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2008]
  • Prediction, prevention, and prognosis of preeclampsia. In: Diagnosis, evaluation and management of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2008]
  • Diagnosis and classification. In: Diagnosis, evaluation and management of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2008]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Hypertension in Pregnancy [2006]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Diagnosis, evaluation and management of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [2008]

International

• British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • How to manage hypertension in pregnancy effectively [2011]

• Cochrane Library
  • Tight control of mild-moderate pre-existing or non-proteinuric gestational hypertension
  • Reduced salt intake compared to normal dietary salt, or high intake, in pregnancy
  • Progesterone for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
  • Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension
  • Plasma volume expansion for treatment of pre-eclampsia
  • Oral beta-blockers for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy
  • Marine oil, and other prostaglandin precursor, supplementation for pregnancy uncomplicated by pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction
  • Magnesium sulphate versus phenytoin for eclampsia
  • Magnesium sulphate versus lytic cocktail for eclampsia
  • Magnesium sulphate versus diazepam for eclampsia
  • Magnesium sulphate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia
  • Low-dose dopamine for women with severe pre-eclampsia
  • Interventionist versus expectant care for severe pre-eclampsia before term
  • Garlic for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
  • Drugs for treatment of very high blood pressure during pregnancy
  • Diuretics for preventing pre-eclampsia
  • Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems
  • Bed rest with or without hospitalisation for hypertension during pregnancy
  • Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
  • Antioxidants for preventing pre-eclampsia
  • Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy
  • Ambulatory versus conventional methods for monitoring blood pressure during pregnancy
  • Altered dietary salt for preventing pre-eclampsia, and its complications
  • Abdominal decompression in normal pregnancy

• EngenderHealth
  • Eclampsia and Pre-Eclampsia [2007]

New Zealand

• Auckland District Health Board
  • Investigation of infants of mothers with HELLP and AFLP [2001]

Nigeria

• Annals of African Medicine
  • The use of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2009]

South Africa

• Maternal Care Manual - Perinatal Education Programme
  • The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [2006]
  • Measuring blood pressure and proteinuria [2006]

United Kingdom

• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
  • Association of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-Type 1 (-675 4G/5G) Polymorphism with Pre-Eclampsia: Systematic Review [2013]

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia: systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling [2008]

• Joint Royal Colleges Service Liaison Committee
  • Pregnancy induced hypertension (including eclampsia) [2006]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Hypertension in pregnancy. The management of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health [2010]

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Hypertension in pregnancy [2010]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Pregnancy-induced hypertension - query bank [2012]
  • Severe pre-eclampsia - query bank [2011]
  • Aspirin after low birthweight - query bank [2010]
  • The Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia [2006]
  • Pre-eclampsia - study group consensus statement [2003]

• University of Oxford
  • The evidence-based management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2010]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Chronic hypertension in pregnancy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2012]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Antioxidants for preventing pre-eclampsia [2008]
  • Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications [2007]
  • Antihypertensive drug therapy for mild-to-moderate hypertension during pregnancy [2007]
  • Drugs for treatment of very high blood pressure during pregnancy [2006]
  • Bed rest with or without hospitalization for hypertension during pregnancy [2006]
  • Interventionist versus expectant care for severe pre-eclampsia before term [2004]
  • Magnesium sulfate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia [2003]

• World Health Organization
  • WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: evidence base [2011]
  • WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia [2011]
  • Managing eclampsia [2006]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy [2008]
  • Diagnosis and Management of Preeclampsia [2004]

• American Journal of Hypertension
  • Endothelin: Key Mediator of Hypertension in Preeclampsia [2011]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Supplementation with vitamins C and E during pregnancy for the prevention of preeclampsia and other adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and metaanalysis [2011]

• Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Antihypertensives in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy [2008]

• Best Practice & Research: Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • The genetics of pre-eclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [2011]

• Biochemical Society Transactions
  • Is inflammation the cause of pre-eclampsia? [2011]
  • An unexpected tail of VEGF and PlGF in pre-eclampsia [2011]

• Biology of Reproduction
  • New Insights into the Biology of Preeclampsia [2006]

• Blood
  • Is heparin a placental anticoagulant in high-risk pregnancies? [2011]

• BMC Medicine
  • Proteinuria as a predictor of complications of pre-eclampsia [2009]
  • Estimation of proteinuria as a predictor of complications of pre-eclampsia: a systematic review [2009]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • The HELLP syndrome: clinical issues and management. A Review [2009]
  • Tests for predicting complications of pre-eclampsia: A protocol for systematic reviews [2008]
  • Critical pathways for the management of preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia in institutionalised health care settings [2003]

• BMC Public Health
  • Role of calcium supplementation during pregnancy in reducing risk of developing gestational hypertensive disorders: a meta-analysis of studies from developing countries [2011]
  • Quantifying the fall in mortality associated with interventions related to hypertensive diseases of pregnancy [2011]
  • Impact of interventions to prevent and manage preeclampsia and eclampsia on stillbirths [2011]

• British Medical Journal
  • Diagnostic accuracy of spot urinary protein and albumin to creatinine ratios for detection of significant proteinuria or adverse pregnancy outcome in patients with suspected pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis [2012]
  • Diagnostic accuracy of urinary spot protein:creatinine ratio for proteinuria in hypertensive pregnant women: systematic review [2008]
  • Accuracy of mean arterial pressure and blood pressure measurements in predicting pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis [2008]
  • Pre-eclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in later life: systematic review and meta-analysis [2007]
  • The pre-eclampsia community guideline (PRECOG): how to screen for and detect onset of pre-eclampsia in the community [2005]
  • Risk factors for pre-eclampsia at antenatal booking: systematic review of controlled studies [2005]
  • Postpartum eclampsia of late onset [2005]
  • Corticosteroids for HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome [2004]
  • Clinical risk management in obstetrics: eclampsia drills [2004]
  • Hydralazine for treatment of severe hypertension in pregnancy: meta-analysis [2003]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors during pregnancy [2012]
  • Use of diuretics during pregnancy [2009]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Use of uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography to predict pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review and bivariable meta-analysis [2008]

• Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets
  • Risk Factors and Mediators of the Vascular Dysfunction Associated with Hypertension in Pregnancy [2010]

• Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa
  • Potentially increasing rates of hypertension in women of childbearing age and during pregnancy--be prepared! [2011]

• Circulation
  • Preeclampsia, a Disease of the Maternal Endothelium [2011]

• Clinical Chemistry
  • Combining Biochemical and Ultrasonographic Markers in Predicting Preeclampsia: A Systematic Review [2009]

• Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Pathophysiology of the Clinical Manifestations of Preeclampsia [2007]

• Clinical Science
  • Pre-eclampsia and offspring cardiovascular health: mechanistic insights from experimental studies [2012]

• Clinics
  • Prevention of preeclampsia with low-dose aspirin: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the main randomized controlled trials [2005]

• Current Clinical Pharmacology
  • Vascular and Cellular Calcium in Normal and Hypertensive Pregnancy [2009]

• Current Opinion in Pharmacology
  • Role of angiotensin II type I receptor agonistic autoantibodies (AT1-AA) in preeclampsia [2011]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy [2009]

• Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Preeclampsia: multiple approaches for a multifactorial disease [2012]

• Endocrine Journal
  • Comparison between essential hypertension and pregnancy-induced hypertension: a genetic perspective [2009]

• European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Pheochromocytoma and pregnancy: a deceptive connection [2012]

• Expert Reviews
  • Receptor-activating autoantibodies and disease: preeclampsia and beyond [2011]
  • Preeclamptic toxemia: a disease ripe for proteomic discovery [2009]

• FASEB Journal
  • Pregnancy-induced up-regulation of aquaporin-4 protein in brain and its role in eclampsia [2005]

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Early administration of low-dose aspirin for the prevention of preterm and term preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2012]

• Hypertension
  • Learning from the placenta: acute atherosis and vascular remodeling in preeclampsia-novel aspects for atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular health [2010]
  • Update on the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in Pregnancy [2008]
  • Preeclampsia: Recent Insights [2005]
  • Hypertension During Pregnancy: A Disorder Begging for Pathophysiological Support [2005]
  • Circulating Angiogenic Factors in the Pathogenesis and Prediction of Preeclampsia [2005]

• Israel Medical Association Journal
  • Endothelial Dysfunction in Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: Current Etiology and Future Non-Invasive Assessment [2003]

• Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia
  • Preeclampsia (marker of chronic kidney disease): from genesis to future risks [2012]

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance and Its Potential Role in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension [2003]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Acetylsalicylic Acid for the Prevention of Preeclampsia and Intra-uterine Growth Restriction in Women with Abnormal Uterine Artery Doppler: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2009]
  • The Role of Decidual Natural Killer Cells in Normal Placentation and in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia [2008]

• Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Novel approaches for mechanistic understanding and predicting preeclampsia [2009]

• Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • New Aspects in the Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia [2004]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Pre-eclampsia: a lifelong disorder [2003]

• Oncotarget
  • A lesson for cancer research: placental microarray gene analysis in preeclampsia [2012]

• Physiology
  • Preeclampsia: The Role of Angiogenic Factors in Its Pathogenesis [2009]

• Placenta
  • Review: hCG, Preeclampsia and Regulatory T cells [2011]

• PLoS Medicine
  • Researching New Methods of Screening for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: Lessons from Pre-eclampsia [2012]

• Renal Physiology
  • Role of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia [2005]

• Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
  • Neurokinin B and pre-eclampsia: a decade of discovery [2010]
  • Potential markers of preeclampsia - a review [2009]
  • The placental problem: Linking abnormal cytotrophoblast differentiation to the maternal symptoms of preeclampsia [2004]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Early screening for preeclampsia [2011]

• Sao Paulo Medical Journal
  • Does sodium nitroprusside kill babies? A systematic review [2007]

• Scientific World Journal
  • Antioxidants for Preventing Preeclampsia: A Systematic Review [2012]

• Seminars in Nephrology
  • Emerging Role of Relaxin in the Maternal Adaptations to Normal Pregnancy: Implications for Preeclampsia [2011]
  • Angiogenic Factors and Preeclampsia [2011]

• Stroke
  • Magnesium Sulfate for the Treatment of Eclampsia: A Brief Review [2009]

• Thrombosis Research
  • Role of the syncytium in placenta-mediated complications of preeclampsia [2009]

• Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Role of dysfunctional maternal venous hemodynamics in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia: a review [2011]

• Vascular Health and Risk Management
  • Pre-eclampsia: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management [2011]
  • Pathophysiology of placentation abnormalities in pregnancy-induced hypertension [2008]

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