Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Women with severe hypertension during pregnancy should receive treatment with antihypertensive drugs
Notes and Remarks
The guideline development group considered that there is no clinical uncertainty over whether treatment of severe hypertension during pregnancy is beneficial. This recommendation was made based on expert opinion; the group considered that most maternal deaths related to hypertensive disorders are associated with complications of uncontrolled severe high blood pressure. Based on that, the group agreed that antihypertensive treatment should be recommended in all cases of severe hypertension
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
WHO recommendations: drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy.