Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) (or gestational hypertension) is defined as the development of new arterial hypertension in a pregnant woman after 20 weeks gestation. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... // O00-O99 - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O08) Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00) Ectopic pregnancy (O01) Hydatidiform mole (O02) Other abnormal products of conception (O03) Spontaneous abortion (O04) Medical abortion (O05) Other abortion (O06) Unspecified abortion (O07) Failed attempted abortion (O08) Complications following abortion and ectopic and molar pregnancy... // O00-O99 - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O08) Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00) Ectopic pregnancy (O01) Hydatidiform mole (O02) Other abnormal products of conception (O03) Spontaneous abortion (O04) Medical abortion (O05) Other abortion (O06) Unspecified abortion (O07) Failed attempted abortion (O08) Complications following abortion and ectopic and molar pregnancy... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The Disease Bold textDatabase is a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications. ... MedlinePlus (medlineplus. ... eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ... Arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. ... A pregnant woman near the end of her term Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ...

Treatment

There is no specific treatment, but is monitored closely to rapidly identify pre-eclampsia and its life-threatening complications (HELLP syndrome and eclampsia). Treatment options are limited, as many antihypertensives may negatively affect the fetus; methyldopa and labetalol are most commonly used for severe pregnancy hypertension. Pre-eclampsia is said to be present when hypertension arises in pregnancy (pregnancy-induced hypertension) in association with significant protein in the urine. ... HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication considered by many to be a variant of pre-eclampsia. ... Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used in medicine and pharmacology to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). ... Human fetus at eight weeks. ... Methyldopa or alpha-methyldopa (brand names Aldomet, Apo-Methyldopa, Dopamet, Novomedopa) is a centrally-acting antiadrenergic antihypertensive medication. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ...

External links

• Hypertension and Women