Prevention of pre-eclampsia after infertility treatment: Preconceptional minimalisation of risk factors

Publication date: Available online 15 May 2019Source: Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismAuthor(s): Hanna Hürter, Shane Vontelin van Breda, Lenka Vokalova, Marlene Brandl, Marc Baumann, Irene Hösli, Evelin Annegret Huhn, Christian De Geyter, Simona W. Rossi, Olav LapaireAbstractAlthough an increased risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnancies conceived after infertility treatment has been reported, it remains unknown whether preconceptional minimalisation of known risk factors would help in preventing pre-eclamsia. Obesity and preconceptional blood pressure are discussed as major risks for the development of pre-eclampsia and low doses of aspirins, folic acid, statins and metformin are discussed as potential preventive treatments to decrease the risk of pre-eclampsia. In the present review we discuss whether present-day reproductive medicine could progress towards complication-free pregnancy.
Source: Best Practice and Research Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research