Validation of the 34-week gestation as definition of late onset preeclampsia: Testing different cutoffs from 30 to 37 weeks on a population-based cohort of 1700 preeclamptics.

Pierre-Yves RobillardGustaaf DekkerMarco SciosciaFrancesco BonsanteSilvia IacobelliMalik BoukerrouThomas C Hulsey

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2020)

The 34th week of gestation appears to provide a reasonable cut-point to differentiate between EOP and LOP. Additional research is needed to better describe the possible differences in the pathophysiology of these different phenotypes.

Keyphrases

late onset
early onset
gestational age
preterm infants
preterm birth
placebo controlled
pregnant women