Maternal blood pressures during pregnancy and the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age neonate.

CONCLUSION: Blood pressure improvement throughout pregnancy decreases the preeclampsia rate without increasing SGA frequency. Theoretical risks of fetal growth delay should not prevent investigations into improved maternal blood pressure control, possibly at thresholds lower than commonly used in obstetric practice, beginning in the first trimester of pregnancy. PMID: 27003637 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hypertension in Pregnancy - Category: OBGYN Tags: Hypertens Pregnancy Source Type: research