REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS It remains unclear whether antihypertensive drug therapy for mild-moderate hypertension during pregnancy is worthwhile
BACKGROUND Mild-moderate hypertension during pregnancy is common .
Antihypertensive drugs are often used in the belief that lowering blood pressure will prevent progression to more severe disease , and thereby improve outcome .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of antihypertensive drug treatments for women with mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy .
The effect of magnesium on maternal blood pressure in pregnancy‐induced hypertension A randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial
The effects of magnesium were compared with those of placebo in a r and omized double‐blind controlled study of 58 patients with pregnancy‐induced hypertension , of whom 27 received magnesium  and 31  placebo . Twenty patients in each group were nulliparas . The treatment comprised 48 h of either intravenous magnesium or placebo infusion followed by daily oral magnesium or placebo tablets until one day after delivery . Magnesium supplementation significantly reduced maternal mean arterial blood pressure ( MAP ) . The gestational age at delivery was the same in both groups , whereas the relative fetal birth weight among nulliparas was reduced in the placebo group . Unbalanced analyses of variance suggested an influence of magnesium supplement on birth weight . The infants in the magnesium supplemented group spent fewer days in the neonatal intensive care unit . There were no perinatal deaths . Magnesium appeared to be beneficial in the management of pregnancy‐induced hypertension . The better outcome associated with magnesium supplementation may not have been due to reduction of MAP and further studies are needed to clarify whether magnesium influences birth weight
REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS It remains unclear whether antihypertensive drug therapy for mild-moderate hypertension during pregnancy is worthwhile
BACKGROUND Mild-moderate hypertension during pregnancy is common .
Antihypertensive drugs are often used in the belief that lowering blood pressure will prevent progression to more severe disease , and thereby improve outcome .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of antihypertensive drug treatments for women with mild to moderate hypertension during pregnancy .