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January 1, 2013Journal of the Korean Society of HypertensionOpen Access

A 31-year-old pregnant woman with mild PAH successfully delivered a viable newborn under close observation without any medications.

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Why the study?

Does close observation without medications allow for successful delivery in pregnant women with mild PAH?

Population

1 pregnant woman (31 years old) with mild pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Design

Case_report

Authors

JYJi Hoon YangJKJi Yeon KimDLDong Hyun Lee

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Overview

May support close observation without drugs in select mild PAH pregnancies; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.

Structured PICO

Does close observation without medications allow for successful delivery in pregnant women with mild PAH?

P
Population
1 pregnant woman (31 years old) with mild pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
I
Intervention
Close observation without medications
O
Outcome
Successful delivery of a viable newbornhard clinical

Close observation without medications may be a viable alternative to pregnancy termination or empirical drug treatments in women with mild pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Cite This Study

Yang et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a761ca97d7eb453cc70879bhttps://doi.org/10.5646/jksh.2013.19.3.90
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