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Does the diurnal blood pressure pattern differ between women with pre-eclampsia and those with uncomplicated essential hypertension in pregnancy?
Does the diurnal blood pressure pattern differ between women with pre-eclampsia and those with uncomplicated essential hypertension in pregnancy?
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Women with pre-eclampsia exhibit a reversed diurnal blood pressure rhythm with nocturnal hypertension, unlike those with uncomplicated essential hypertension in pregnancy.
Reversal of the normal diurnal blood pressure pattern has been demonstrated in women with severe hypertension and renal impairment in pregnancy (pre-eclampsia). 2. Maximum arterial pressure occurred at night in these women. The phenomenon was not due to hypotensive drug therapy or posture. Patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension in pregnancy retained a normal diurnal blood pressure pattern. 3. Nocturnal hypertension in pre-eclampsia is of theoretical interest and practical importance.
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Redman et al. (1976) studied this question.
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