This was a register-based cohort study of 648,385 primiparous women (2005-2018) of whom 609,830 had normotensive pregnancies (the reference group), 11,133 had gestational hypertension, 26,797 had ...

Women who develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) when pregnant with their first baby are more likely to later be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) and face an increase in premature ...

Rutgers Health researchers have found that hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are strongly associated with fatal cardiovascular disease for up to a year after birth. Among the hypertensive disorders ...

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending routine blood-pressure screening for hypertensive disorders throughout pregnancy, with the experts concluding with “moderate ...

In their latest recommendation statement, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends blood pressure screening for all pregnant individuals to detect hypertensive disorders. A version of ...

Health researchers identify patients at risk for preventable death in the year after pregnancy. Rutgers Health researchers have found that hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are strongly associated ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation to screen everyone who is pregnant for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, by monitoring their blood pressure throughout the ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force already recommends screening for preeclampsia during pregnancy, but now the panel of medical experts is proposing to expand the guidelines. Under the new ...

Researchers sought to determine the relationship between pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorder and risk for heart failure. Risk for ischemic and nonischemic heart failure is increased in patients ...

Doctors should measure blood pressure frequently throughout a person's pregnancy to screen for hypertensive disorders regardless of symptoms, according to draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which can cause serious and fatal complications, according to a new draft ...

Among people with new-onset hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP), 81.8% had persistent hypertension postpartum after hospital discharge -- 14.1% severe hypertension -- based on one hospital system ...