Postpartum health-care utilization and blood pressure control by antihypertensive agent in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Discharge on labetalol was associated with an increased odds of postpartum hospital readmission following a HDP compared with discharge on nifedipine. Our findings suggest this may be driven by more severe hypertension on home monitoring by each day postpartum in the first ten days postpartum.
Authors
- Carrie Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8392-3609)
- Hyagriv N. Simhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-2089)
- Kripa Venkatakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3178-3397)
- Alisse Hauspurg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-7371)
- Sanjana Ghosh
- Lara Lemon
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Magee-Womens Hospital (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2025.101836
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00