Anesthesia Considerations 

Risk factors

• Personal or family hx of HDP

• 1st pregnancy, multiple pregnancy,  new partner

• Chronic medical dz (HTN, DM, renal dz, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome)

• Maternal age ≥40 yrs

• Abnormal uterine artery Doppler <24 wks gest, IUGR

 

 

Adapted from SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline. Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Executive Summary. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2014;36(5):416–438