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Timing of Delivery
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Severe preeclampsia
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Mandatory obs consult
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Immediate delivery (vaginal or c-section) - regardless of gest age
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Non-severe preeclampsia
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<24 wks gest: counselling should include info re delivery w/in days
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24+0 to 33+6 wk gest: expectant mgt (only in perinatal centres w/ capacity to care for very preterm infants)
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34+0 to 36+6 wks gest: insufficient evidence to make recommendation
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≥37+0 wks gest: immediate delivery recommended
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Non-severe preeclampsia w/ HELPP syndrome
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24+0 to 34+6 wk gest: consider delaying delivery to give corticosteroids
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≥35+0 wks gest: consider for immediate delivery
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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
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