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Test Your Knowledge About Preeclampsia

Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions. Then check your answers to find out how much you know about preeclampsia.

  1. Preeclampsia causes a woman to feel ill and has easily recognized symptoms.
    True    False
  2. Preeclampsia occurs more commonly in first pregnancies.
    True    False
  3. The cause of preeclampsia remains unknown.
    True    False
  4. The only known cure for preeclampsia is delivery of the baby and the placenta.
    True    False
  5. If a woman develops swelling during her pregnancy, this means she has preeclampsia.
    True    False
  6. All women who develop preeclampsia will require a cesarean section at the time of delivery.
    True    False
  7. Women who develop preeclampsia usually return to a normal blood pressure after delivery has occurred.
    True    False
  8. Left untreated, preeclampsia can harm the growing fetus.
    True    False

Sources:

American Academy of Family Physicians. Facts about Preeclampsia. Patient Information Handout.
Mackenzie, Sara, M.D. Obstetrics: Hypertension in Pregnancy- Preeclampsia and Eclampsia. University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook 4th edition, Chapter 14. Graber, M. M.D., Lanternier, M. M.D. (eds.) 2001.
Chism, Denise RN, MSN, PNNP The High-Risk Pregnancy Sourcebook. Pre-Eclampsia, Toxemia and Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. 1998 RGA Publishing Group, Inc.

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.


Tue, Dec 2, 2008



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