3 results match your criteria: "Hospital Complex of the Social Security Fund[Affiliation]"

Aim: Preeclampsia is a very complex multisystem disorder characterized by mild to severe hypertension.

Methods: PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched from January 1, 2002 to March 31, 2022, with the search terms "pre-eclampsia" and "hypertensive disorders in pregnancy". We also look for guidelines from international societies and clinical specialty colleges and we focused on publications made after 2015.

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Objective: To determine the minimum blood pressure increases that would confirm or exclude, with the greatest predictive values, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in pregnant adolescents after 24 weeks gestation.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study of pregnant women aged ≤19 years with and without HDP. Using systolic and diastolic blood pressure increases, a predictive analysis was performed, and the area under the curve was calculated.

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Dexamethasone in HELLP syndrome: experience in Bolivia.

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med

January 2020

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Obstetric Pathology, Hospital Complex of the Social Security Fund, National System of Researchers, SENACYT, Panama, Panama.

To demonstrate the utility of dexamethasone, used according to the criteria of the attending physician, in patients with HELLP syndrome. This cross-sectional study was conducted in patients with HELLP syndrome and was based on the daily, real-life management of HELLP syndrome. Patients who received dexamethasone had it administered immediately after giving birth at a dosage of 8 mg every 8 hours for 72 hours, for a total of 72 mg.

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