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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 May 5;77(5):1517-1524.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16133. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Furosemide for Accelerated Recovery of Blood Pressure Postpartum in women with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Joana Lopes Perdigao  1 , Jennifer Lewey  2 , Adi Hirshberg  1 , Nathanael Koelper  3 , Sindhu K Srinivas  1 , Michal A Elovitz  1 , Lisa D Levine  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Furosemide for Accelerated Recovery of Blood Pressure Postpartum in women with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Joana Lopes Perdigao et al. Hypertension. .

Abstract

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Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03556761.

Keywords: blood pressure; furosemide; hypertension; postpartum period; preeclampsia.

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Disclosures: No conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Study schema HDP: Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy; BP: Blood Pressure
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Postpartum systolic blood pressure trajectories by treatment group, stratified by severe and non-severe hypertensive disorder of pregnancy BP: Blood Pressure
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