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Hypertension in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pre-existing Hypertension - Before Pregnancy OR <20 weeks gestational age
Hypertension in Pregnancy ... Hypertension - Before Pregnancy ... • Pre-Eclampsia ... Seizures/Coma - Eclampsia ... #Hypertension #Pregnancy
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy ... Fatty Liver of Pregnancy ... critically ill pregnant ... Variant of pre-eclampsia ... mother through pregnancy
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy ... critically ill pregnant ... Variant of pre-eclampsia ... Fatty liver of pregnancy ... mother through pregnancy
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Classification

Elevation in blood pressure >140 mmHg systolic, or >90 mmHg diastolic.

1) Chronic
Hypertension in Pregnancy ... hypertension of pregnancy ... diagnosed prior to pregnancy ... damage. 4) Eclampsia ... #Preeclampsia #Eclampsia
Typical medications used in the acute phase include nifedipine, labetalol, and hydralazine, with ACOG suggesting that
Obstetrics #Obgyn #Eclampsia ... Preeclampsia #HTN #Pregnancy
Hypertensive Emergency and Hypertensive Crisis - Blood Pressure Targets
 • Hypertensive Emergency
 • Ischemic Stroke (w/
Dissection • Pregnancy ... (pre-eclampsia)
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
malformation Pregnancy ... • Eclampsia
Low-dose aspirin and low-molecular-weight heparin in lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) pregnancy

• No previous history of
Syndrome (APS) pregnancy ... thrombosis or pregnancy ... of gestation (eclampsia ... Syndrome #APS #pregnancy
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy ... diagnosed during pregnancy ... organ injury • Eclampsia ... preeclampsia or eclampsia ... Hypertensive #Disorders #Pregnancy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Towards the end of pregnancy ... levels ↑ in pre-eclampsia ... ancestry, pre-eclampsia ... Management during Pregnancy ... against future pregnancy