Association between late pregnancy prehypertension and adverse outcomes among newborns of women delivered at a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda: a prospective cohort study
Prehypertension in late pregnancy increased risks for adverse neonatal outcomes, thus a need to potentially lower pregnancy hypertension cut-off levels possibly through adopting the ACC/AHA blood pressure definitions for pregnant women.
Authors
- Rogers Kajabwangu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4101-011X)
- Temesgen Tantu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-9166)
- Emmanuel Okurut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1482-4532)
- Yarine Fajardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9071-1513)
- Adam Ddamulira
- Senaji K Nightingale
- P. I. N. Fernando
- Peter Okello
Institutions
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- Kampala International University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06797-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17