Last reviewed: 5 Feb 2021
Last updated: 29 Jan 2020
Summary
Definition
History and exam
Other diagnostic factors
- >20 weeks' gestation
- absence of symptoms that suggest preeclampsia
Risk factors
- nulligravidity
- black or Hispanic ethnicity
- obesity
- mother small for gestational age
- type 1 diabetes mellitus
- migraine
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- urinalysis
- CBC
- LFTs
- electrolytes, BUN, creatinine
- uric acid
Investigations to consider
- 24-hour BP monitoring
- fetal ultrasound
- proteinuria (spot testing, 24-hour urine collection)
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Board-certified, General Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Preventive Medicine Consultants, PLLC
Peoria
AZ
Disclosures
AS declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston
MA
Disclosures
CA declares that she has no competing interests.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
UK
Disclosures
JW declares that he has no competing interests.
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