Arterial Hypertension in Pregnancy - Selected Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects

Abstract

Preeclampsia, primary and secondary, is an essential risk factor increasing both morbidity and mortality of the pregnant woman and her fetus. In this short overview the following topics are briefly addressed:
-differential diagnosis of elevated blood pressure in pregnancy
-differential diagnosis ofproteinuria in pregnant women
-influence of pregnancy on progression of primary or secondary glomerulopathies
-influence of arterial hypertension on the fetus, and
-therapeutic aspects of anaemia in pregnant women with coexistent renal diseases.