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Causes and risk factors
Causes and risk factors ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is caring for a client with gestational hypertension.
What is the blood pressure reading that indicates gestational hypertension?
120/80 mmHg is a normal blood pressure reading for a pregnant woman.
130/90 mmHg is not high enough to meet the criteria for gestational hypertension.
Gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure (BP) of≥140/90 mmHgon two occasions (at least 4 hours apart) after 20 weeks’ gestation in a previously normotensive woman, without the presence of proteinuria or other clinical features suggestive of preeclampsia.
150/100 mmHg is a severe hypertension reading that would require immediate medical attention and may indicate preeclampsia or eclampsia.
The correct answer is choice C. Gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure (BP) of ≥140/90 mmHg on two occasions (at least 4 hours apart) after 20 weeks’ gestation in a previously normotensive woman, without the presence of proteinuria or other clinical features suggestive of preeclampsia.
Choice A is wrong because 120/80 mmHg is a normal blood pressure reading for a pregnant woman.
Choice B is wrong because 130/90 mmHg is not high enough to meet the criteria for gestational hypertension.
Choice D is wrong because 150/100 mmHg is a severe hypertension reading that would require immediate medical attention and may indicate preeclampsia or eclampsia.