Association between late pregnancy prehypertension and adverse outcomes among newborns of women delivered at a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Emmanuel Okurut (Author), Rogers Kajabwangu (Author), Peter Okello (Author), Adam Ddamulira (Author), Perez Fernando (Author), Temesgen Arusi (Author), Senaji K. Nightingale (Author), Yarine Fajardo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Prehypertension during pregnancy is currently not considered as a high-risk pregnancy state in existing guidelines despite recent research correlating it with higher rates of morbidity and mortality in both the mother and the fetus. Studies on prehypertension have not been conduc...