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1MRC/UN Pregnancy and Hypertension Research Unit and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, South Africa.
Best Practice & Research. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
|August 2, 2001
Abstract:
Cerebral haemorrhage remains a major cause of hypertensive cerebral mortality. Lowering of raised blood pressure is therefore crucial in the clinical management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. This article reviews rapid-acting agents employed in life-threatening situations.