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Incidence of postpartum hypertension within 2 years of a pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Oct 25, 2020

Giorgione V, Ridder A, Kalafat E, et al. - Researchers investigated the incidence of hypertension in the first 2 years after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) via performing a systematic review and meta‐analysis. From MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane databases, they extracted observational studies comparing hypertension rate following HDP and normotensive pregnancies up to 2 years. Findings revealed diagnosis of hypertension within the first 2 years following pregnancy in 468/1646 (28.4%) and 584/6395 (9.1%) of the HDP and control groups, respectively. Women who experienced preeclampsia were noted to be at six‐fold higher risk of developing hypertension within 2 years of birth. They noted the highest augmented risk of hypertension after HDP in the early postpartum period, implying the necessity of commencing diagnosis and targeted interventions to improve maternal cardiovascular health in the immediate postpartum period.

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