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Inpatient Monitoring on an Outpatient Basis: Managing Hypertensive Pregnancies in the Community Using Automated TechnologiesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leicester, Leicester, Maternal and Fetal ResearchUnit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College, London, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infrmary, Leicester LE2 2LX, United Kingdom jjsw{at}lineone.net
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leicester, Leicester, Maternal and Fetal ResearchUnit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College, London, United Kingdom Automated measurement of blood pressure and urinalysis is reviewed, and the strengths and weaknesses of these devices are compared with conventional techniques. The few early reports of such management strategies are reviewed with emphasis on the advantages of automated monitoring. The article concludes with a review of published pilot data in this field and places those findings in the context of recent recommendations for the development of obstetric care in the United Kingdom.
Key Words: Pregnancy preeclampsia urinalysis blood pressure measurement
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Vol. 8, No. 1,
14-17 (2001) |
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