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 .
A controlled trial of hypotensive agents in hypertension in pregnancy.
Abstract A controlled trial of bendrofluazide and methyldopa in 100 patients with hypertension in pregnancy is reported . In patients developing hypertension before twenty weeks of pregnancy treatment seemed to improve the chances of a successful outcome to the pregnancy . In those developing late hypertension treatment was of no value in the presence of proteinuria . The presence or absence of proteinuria seemed to be of more importance than the level of the diastolic pressure
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 .