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PREECLAMPSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("preeclampsia" is a kind of...):
toxaemia; toxaemia of pregnancy; toxemia; toxemia of pregnancy (an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine)
Context examples:
Although the mechanism of action of bufogenin is still under investigation, this agent is a specific Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitor and has been shown to reduce blood pressure in a rat model of preeclampsia.
(Bufogenin, NCI Thesaurus)
The patterns observed were all consistent with previous work which has shown that boys may be more vulnerable to the effects of fetal growth restriction and that being pregnant with a girl may lead to an increased risk of severe preeclampsia.
(Baby’s sex affects mother’s metabolism and may influence risk of pregnancy-related complications, University of Cambridge)
Severe preeclampsia associated with any of the following findings: thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 100,000 per microliter), impaired liver function (twice normal elevation of hepatic transaminases; severe, persistent right upper quadrant or epigastric pain), progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine greater than 1.1 mg/dL or doubling of baseline in the absence of other renal disease), pulmonary edema, or new-onset cerebral or visual disturbances.
(HELLP Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Most women who have signs of preeclampsia are closely monitored to lessen or avoid complications.
(High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Preeclampsia also increases the risk for eclampsia—life-threatening seizures for the mother.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
Chronic hypertension with preeclampsia, or high blood pressure before pregnancy or early in pregnancy, that continues throughout pregnancy and is complicated by new onset protein in the urine or impaired liver or kidney function.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
The only way to "cure" preeclampsia is to deliver the baby.
(High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The results suggest that blood pressure readings lower than those traditionally used to identify women as having high blood pressure may indicate a higher risk for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, such as gestational high blood pressure, which develops after the 20th week of pregnancy, and preeclampsia, or high blood pressure and protein in the urine.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
Pregnant women may experience four types of hypertensive disorders: Gestational hypertension, or high blood pressure, in the second half of pregnancy. Preeclampsia, or high blood pressure with protein in urine or impaired liver or kidney function, in the second half of pregnancy. If preeclampsia worsens and causes seizures, it becomes eclampsia – a serious condition for mother and child with the potential to be fatal. Chronic hypertension, or high blood pressure before pregnancy or early in pregnancy, that continues throughout pregnancy.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
