Understand care
Prevention, symptoms/diagnosis, normal physiology, care pathways, biological pathways, glossary
Biomarkers 2
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How hard the blood pushes on the arteries and other blood vessels. Oscillometric blood pressure devices estimate a systolic value and a diastolic value.
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A blood test result for a pregnant woman: two proteins, sFlt-1 and placental growth factor (PlGF), are measured in the same sample, and the first is divided by the second. The test is used in two...
Risk factors 1
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NICE uses the term nulliparity without defining it. MeSH files it under parity, which MeSH defines as "The number of offspring a female has borne." NICE lists it as one of six moderate risk factors...