Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy.
Alan T TitaJeff M SzychowskiKim BoggessLorraine DugoffBaha SibaiKirsten LawrenceBrenna L HughesJoseph BellKjersti AagaardRodney K EdwardsKelly GibsonDavid M HaasLauren PlanteTorri MetzBrian CaseySean EsplinSherri LongoMatthew HoffmanGeorge R SaadeKara K HoppeJanelle ForoutanMethodius TuuliMichelle Y OwensHyagriv N SimhanHeather FreyTodd RosenAnna PalatnikSusan BakerPhyllis AugustUma M ReddyWendy KinzlerEmily SuIris KrishnaNicki NguyenMary E NortonDaniel SkupskiYasser Y El-SayedDotum OgunyemiZorina S GalisLorie HarperNamasivayam AmbalavananNancy L GellerSuzanne OparilGary R CutterWilliam W Andrewsnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
In pregnant women with mild chronic hypertension, a strategy of targeting a blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg was associated with better pregnancy outcomes than a strategy of reserving treatment only for severe hypertension, with no increase in the risk of small-for-gestational-age birth weight. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; CHAP ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02299414.).