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[Efficacy of antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy]
1K.V. Chachava Research Institute of Perinatal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Abstract:
In this trial we investigated the efficacy of short-term mono therapy and combined therapy of arterial hypertension among pregnant women. 44 pregnant women with arterial hypertension, with age range 24-36 years were investigated. The degree of arterial hypertension was determined by criteria of the "Goith National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" (2003) and "The National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy" (2001). Trial proved efficacy of all variants of antihypertensive therapy with usage of retard forms of nifedipine, modipine and combination of nifedipine with other antihypertensive drugs. We revealed the advantage of the combined therapy in patients with II degree of arterial hypertension.
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