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Williams Obstetrics, 23e
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Chapter 45. Chronic Hypertension
Sections: Chronic Hypertension: Introduction, Definitions, Diagnosis, Treatment for Nonpregnant Adults, Preconceptional and Early Pregnancy Evaluation, Effects of Chronic Hypertension on Pregnancy, Management during Pregnancy, References.
Topics Discussed: hypertension; hypertension, chronic.
Excerpt:"Worldwide, it is estimated that hypertension affected 972 million adults in 2000, and it was further predicted this would increase to 1.56 billion by 2025 (Kearney and colleagues, 2005). The prevalence of chronic hypertension in American women has been chronicled since 1960 by the National Center for Health Statistics (1964). The ongoing study—the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)—still provides periodic information. The average prevalence of hypertension in women 18 to 39 years of age was 7.2 percent for the 1999–2000 biennium (Hajjar and Kotchen, 2003). This is a substantive increase when compared with 6 percent for the previous decade. Importantly, a third of these patients are unaware of their hypertension, and its importance in relation to women's healthcare was highlighted in the Clinical Update by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2005)...."
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