Monitored outpatient management of mild gestational hypertension remote from term in teenage pregnancies

Article Abstract:

Outpatient management of pregnant teenagers with mild gestational hypertension appears to be adequate in reducing the risks of complications from preeclampsia. Researchers followed 60 pregnant teenagers and 120 pregnant adults in an outpatient clinic. All of the women had mild pregnancy-induced hypertension. They had their blood pressure checked four times a day and were also weighed, tested for protein in their urine and assessed for fetal movement. Most were delivered postterm and birth weights were similar in both groups of women. None developed eclampsia and there were no stillbirths in either group. Teenagers with gestational hypertension are believed to have a higher risk of premature birth and low-weight-birth infants, but many teens are not compliant with hospital treatment. Outpatient management might guarantee that these teens will give birth to healthy babies.

Care and treatment, Teenage mothers, Ambulatory medical care, Ambulatory care, Hypertension in pregnancy, Gestational hypertension

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Accuracy of maternal perception of preterm uterine activity

Article Abstract:

Pregnant women's perceptions of uterine contractions may be much less accurate than a mechanical device that measures contractions. Researchers analyzed 72,962 uterine activity records of 778 women at risk of preterm labor to determine whether women's perceptions were as accurate as the mechanical device's. Women perceived much fewer contractions, 17.2%, than did the monitoring device. Women who had never given birth before and who were pregnant with twins were least able to perceive contractions. They perceived 1.3% of contractions. Women who had given birth to more than one child and who were pregnant with one baby had the highest score, perceiving 4.9% of contractions. Home uterine activity monitors may accurately detect preterm labor and therefore may prevent preterm births.

Uterus, Uterine contractions, Palpation

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Maternal and perinatal outcome in women with a history of stroke

Article Abstract:

A descriptive study is conducted to determine recurrence risk and pregnancy outcome in 23 women with a history of stroke. The findings indicate that women with a history of stroke have a low risk of recurrent stroke.

Health aspects, Women, Risk factors, Stroke (Disease), Stroke, Pregnancy

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