TY - JOUR
T1 - Present status of clinical care for postpartum patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Japan
T2 - Findings from a nationwide questionnaire survey
AU - Mito, Asako
AU - Arata, Naoko
AU - Sakamoto, Naoko
AU - Miyakoshi, Kei
AU - Waguri, Masako
AU - Osamura, Anna
AU - Kugishima, Yukari
AU - Metoki, Hirohito
AU - Yasuhi, Ichiro
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted as part of the project titled ‘‘Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome in Women and offspring in the view of pregnancy-associated events’’ funded under the FY2012 Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Objective: To assess the present status of clinical care for postpartum patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in Japan. Methods: We conducted a nationwide questionnaire survey of obstetricians, internists and hypertension specialists and analyzed 686 valid responses. Results: Though HDP is widely known as a risk factor for subsequent hypertension and cardiovascular disease, over one-third of obstetricians terminated their postpartum follow-up of HDP patients without referring them to other departments. Conclusion: It is important to establish an effective referral system, whereby patients with HDP can be smoothly transferred to primary care or a specialist physician after childbirth for long-term monitoring and management of blood pressure.
AB - Objective: To assess the present status of clinical care for postpartum patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in Japan. Methods: We conducted a nationwide questionnaire survey of obstetricians, internists and hypertension specialists and analyzed 686 valid responses. Results: Though HDP is widely known as a risk factor for subsequent hypertension and cardiovascular disease, over one-third of obstetricians terminated their postpartum follow-up of HDP patients without referring them to other departments. Conclusion: It is important to establish an effective referral system, whereby patients with HDP can be smoothly transferred to primary care or a specialist physician after childbirth for long-term monitoring and management of blood pressure.
KW - Antihypertensive agent
KW - Breast feeding
KW - Hypertension in pregnancy
KW - Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
KW - Postpartum hypertension
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U2 - 10.3109/10641955.2014.1001902
DO - 10.3109/10641955.2014.1001902
M3 - Article
C2 - 25774557
AN - SCOPUS:84926512110
SN - 1064-1955
VL - 34
SP - 209
EP - 220
JO - Hypertension in Pregnancy
JF - Hypertension in Pregnancy
IS - 2
ER -
