Tight control of blood pressure in pregnant women with nonsevere hypertension: expectations for decreasing adverse maternal and fetal pregnancy outcomes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. okuchi@jichi.ac.jp.
² Department of Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Editorial

Akihide Ohkuchi et al. Hypertens Res. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;45(5):926-928.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-022-00881-9. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. okuchi@jichi.ac.jp.
² Department of Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

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Optimal blood pressure target to prevent severe hypertension in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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