Talk:Hypertensive disease of pregnancy

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 August 2021 and 21 September 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jakesonnenberg. Peer reviewers: Jcevallos1.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 22:45, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Definition
Source says "During pregnancy, hypertension is categorized as chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia (consisting of mild preeclampsia, superimposed preeclampsia, and severe preeclampsia), and eclampsia."

User:Lise-lyse HEELP syndrome is something that can develop in preeclampsia but is not a hypertensive disease of pregnancy in and of itself. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:41, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


 * It seems that there is not universal agreement on whether it is a type of preeclampsia or a separate entity. But I understand the thrust of your concern, which is sticking closely to WP:MEDRS. I will certainly comply. In this case I just didn't ponder it before editing because on some level, including HELLP in HDP is not at all controversial—the only question is whether it is included under preeclampsia or parallel with it. An interesting article in this regard is PMC3279097, which offers a 4-class classification which treats HELLP as a type of PE. Lise-lyse (talk) 22:04, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Summarized a little more. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 22:57, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Locating NIH article used frequently as reference
While reviewing this article I was unable to locate or verify a frequently used reference: "High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy - NHLBI, NIH". www.nhlbi.nih.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-08." I'm pinging @User:Barbara_(WVS) and @User:Doc_James to see if you may have insight on this reference. The hyperlink in the ref goes to a splash page. THX! Shameran81 (talk) 04:10, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Have added archive link. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 05:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the swift update. Shameran81 (talk) 20:23, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Medical Student Editing Project
We are two medical students completing a course project to improve a wikipedia page on a topic of medical interest and have chosen this page to contribute to. We are just starting work on this project and are sharing our plans here. We plan to focus on the diagnosis section and also to revise the introduction. The existing diagnosis section is drawn almost word-for-word from a publicly available journal abstract. While the source is good-quality, we are hoping to add more detail and include a more thorough explanation of the nature and diagnosis of the range of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (chronic HTN; gestational HTN; chronic with superimposed pre-eclampsia; pre-eclampsia; eclampsia; HELLP) along with explanation of the criteria for "severe features" of pre-eclampsia. We plan to update the introduction with a broader overview of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and an overview of their epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, management, and potential complications.

Peer Review
I like the thoughtful organization, clarity, and reliability of the diagnosis section. If possible, I suggest adding a brief definition of eclampsia in the diagnosis section as well. If you plan to also work on the prognosis section then I would also suggest adding a small bit about the importance of close follow up of the patients BP postpartum because of the increased morbidity that occurs ~1-2 weeks postpartum. As was mentioned in class a short section on general treatment would be nice to see as well. However, it might be okay to just mention baby aspirin for HTN during pregnancy. Jcevallos1 (talk) 03:30, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback! We have incorporated the feedback into the article.

The contribution I added to this article is focused on the effects of poor dietary calcium on the mother's health which then can very possibly lead to issues with hypertension as well as pre-eclamsia. This is just one f the possible ways in which women can develop hypertensive issues while pregnant but adds to the list of things we can know about the disease. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PresleyS123 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 27 September 2022 (UTC)