![]() He said SMFM will continue to evaluate the AHA guidelines. Mercer confirmed that SMFM experts had not been consulted for the AHA guidelines. The SMFM statement also noted disparity among guidelines for "treatment of acute-onset versus chronic hypertension during pregnancy." The ACOG and AHA guidelines have "different diagnostic criteria for pre-eclampsia, differing recommendations for the use of low-dose aspirin for the prevention of pre-eclampsia and the threshold for initiating antihypertensive medications for pregnant patients with chronic hypertension," according to the statement. In the SMFM's official statement, leadership danced around the issue that the AHA guidelines could potentially put pregnant women with hypertension at serious risk through outdated methods of management. ![]()
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