Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Lecture

PIH is a rare complication during pregnancy

Preeclampsia is diagnosed if blood pressure is greater than 140/90 mm Hg after 20 weeks gestation and proteinuria is greater than 300 mg/24 hrs

Gestational hypertension is diagnosed if blood pressure is greater than 140/90 mm Hg for the first time during pregnancy and there is no proteinuria

Severe pre-eclampsia is usually treated conservatively until the end of the 36th week

Increased certainty of preeclampsia is indicated by a serum creatinine level of less than 1.2 mg/dl