External Validation of the fullPIERS Model for Predicting Adverse Maternal Outcomes in Pregnancy Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

• Published in: Hypertension Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 705 - 711
• Main Authors: Ukah, U. Vivian, Payne, Beth, Lee, Tang, Magee, Laura A., von Dadelszen, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Brazil; Brazil - epidemiology; Female; Fiji; Fiji - epidemiology; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - epidemiology; Income; Morbidity; Morbidity - trends; Pakistan; Pakistan - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; South Africa; South Africa - epidemiology; Survival Rate; Survival Rate - trends; Uganda; Uganda - epidemiology; Young Adult; mortality; preeclampsia; hypertension; prognosis; pregnancy

The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Early identification of women with preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at high risk of complications will aid in reducing this health...