Guideline

WHO recommendations: drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy.

Year of Publication

2018

Issuing Institution

World Health Organization

Links

Pubmed,WHO IRIS

Recommendations

2 included recommendations

Women with severe hypertension during pregnancy should receive treatment with antihypertensive drugs

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Strong

Certainty of evidence

Very low

The choice and route of administration of an antihypertensive drug for severe hypertension during pregnancy, in preference to others, should be based primarily on the prescribing clinician's experience with that particular drug, its cost and local availability

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Very low