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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
A profile scoring system has recently been developed as a standardized method of early identification and severity assessment of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to compare the PIH profile scores of patients demonstrating mild PIH without proteinuria with those of patients demonstrating mild PIH with proteinuria, and (2) to introduce the PIH profile graph as a standardized clinical assessment tool. Serial PIH profile data after 24 weeks' gestation from 46 term primigravid patients with mild PIH (group 1 = 19 patients without proteinuria; group 2 = 27 patients with proteinuria) were plotted on PIH profile graphs and compared. Profile scores from ten normotensive primigravidas at term served as controls. Serial profile scores for groups 1 and 2 showed similar patterns on the profile graph. Based on these data, we believe that PIH without proteinuria is clinically and biochemically a manifestation of true preeclampsia before the onset of proteinuria. Furthermore, the PIH profile graph allows one to identify subtle changes in the disorder and to anticipate the development of severe preeclampsia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
210-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Pregnancy-induced hypertension without proteinuria: is it true preeclampsia?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study