Abstract:Chronic hypertension (HTN) complicates approximately 3% of pregnancies in the United States 1 and increases the risk of poor maternal and neonatal outcomes, including superimposed preeclampsia, placental abruption, cesarean delivery, stroke, renal or cardiac failure, miscarriage, stillbirth, growth restriction, prematurity, and neonatal death.The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has developed guidelines for gestational weight gain (GWG) to target an ideal birth weight. 2 However, these guidelines were developed in … Show more
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