Controlling Blood pressure Key For Diabetic Pregnancy

According to Danish researchers, Intensive control of high blood pressure (hypertension) leads to improved pregnancy outcomes in women with Type I Diabetes and kidney disease.

“Diabetic women with kidney involvement have an increased risk of complications in pregnancy leading to preterm delivery,” lead investigator Dr. Lene Ringholm Nielsen told.

“This research describes how intensive antihypertensive treatment in pregnant diabetic women reduces the risk of complications in pregnancy [pregnancy complications].”

Nielsen and colleagues at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen prospectively studied 117 pregnant women with diabetes.

Antihypertensive therapy was used as needed to maintain blood pressure below 135/85 mm Hg and normal levels of albumin (a protein) in the urine (below 300 mg per 24 hours).

Treatment was given to 14 of 100 women with normal levels of albumin in the urine, to 5 of 10 with slightly increased levels of albumin, and to all 7 women with diabetes-related kidney disease.

The average systolic blood pressure (the top number in the reading) for these three groups was 120, 122, and 135 mm Hg, respectively.

There were no differences in average diastolic pressure (the lower reading) or in hemoglobin A1C level – a test that indicates blood sugar level, among the groups.

Read more at Reuters

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