Jennifer Tavares' pregnancy was going smoothly until a headache and swelling signaled she might have a dangerous condition.

Preeclampsia in pregnancy is a condition characterized by high blood pressure and high protein in the urine during pregnancy or right after delivery. It usually develops after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

As a result, diagnostic labels may reflect only a set of symptoms and signs, defining a syndrome. Syndromes are never precise, because the features are multiple, nonspecific, and therefore may have ...

Recent preeclampsia studies have investigated predictors such as placenta location and PAPP-A, in addition to comparing the P/C ratio with 24-hour proteinuria.

A 162-mg prophylactic daily dose of aspirin did not result in any significant difference in preeclampsia outcomes compared with a daily dose of 81 mg in pregnant women at risk for preeclampsia ...

Many Americans are not aware of the long-term risks of heart disease with pregnancy and the critical care needed before, ...

Preeclampsia (PE) is a complex, multisystem disorder that remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Four main classes of dysregulation accompany PE and are widely considered to ...

Figure 1. Pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome with heterogeneous etiology and a spectrum of phenotypes. It may appear at varying gestational ages with different degrees of ...

Purpose: Pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of preeclampsia are reviewed. Summary: Risk factors for the development of preeclampsia include microvascular diseases, such as diabetes ...