A 39-year-old G1P0 at 39 weeks gestational age is sent to labour and delivery from her obstetrician's office because of a blood pressure reading of 150/100 mm Hg obtained during a routine visit. The patient's cervix is 3 cm dilated. Her base line blood pressures during preganancy have ranged from 100 to 120/60 to 70 mm Hg. On arrival to labour and delivery, the patient denies any headache, visual changes, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain. Her repeat blood pressure is 160/90 mm Hg, her platelets are 160 x 109/L and her urinalysis is negative for protein. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? Question 6 options: a) Preeclampsia b) Gestational hypertension c) Eclampsia d) Chronic hypertension
A 39-year-old G1P0 at 39 weeks gestational age is sent to labour and delivery from her obstetrician's office because of a blood pressure reading of 150/100 mm Hg obtained during a routine visit. The patient's cervix is 3 cm dilated. Her base line blood pressures during preganancy have ranged from 100 to 120/60 to 70 mm Hg. On arrival to labour and delivery, the patient denies any headache, visual changes, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain. Her repeat blood pressure is 160/90 mm Hg, her platelets are 160 x 109/L and her urinalysis is negative for protein. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? Question 6 options: a) Preeclampsia b) Gestational hypertension c) Eclampsia d) Chronic hypertension
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A 39-year-old G1P0 at 39 weeks gestational age is sent to labour and delivery from her obstetrician's office because of a blood pressure reading of 150/100 mm Hg obtained during a routine visit. The patient's cervix is 3 cm dilated.
Her base line blood pressures during preganancy have ranged from 100 to 120/60 to 70 mm Hg.
On arrival to labour and delivery, the patient denies any headache, visual changes, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain. Her repeat blood pressure is 160/90 mm Hg, her platelets are 160 x 109/L and her urinalysis is negative for protein.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Question 6 options:
a)
Preeclampsia
b)
Gestational hypertension
c)
Eclampsia
d)
Chronic hypertension
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