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WHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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WHO recommendations: Drug treatment for severe hypertension in pregnancy.

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Annex 2Priority outcomes for decision-making

Priority Outcomes
Maternal outcomes
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Eclampsia
  • Recurrent seizures
  • ICU admission
  • Severe maternal morbidity
  • Maternal death or severe maternal morbidity
  • Maternal death
  • Adverse effects of interventions
Fetal/neonatal outcomes
  • Apgar scores
  • Admission to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)/special nursery
  • Perinatal death
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