In Gestational hypeension, Hypeension should resolve by -----weeks in the postpaum period?: (A) 2weeks, (B) 6weeks, (C) 8weeks, (D) 12weeks
Answer is D. Gestational hypeension--evidence for the preeclampsia syndrome does not develop and hypeension resolves by 12 weeks postpaumDiagnosis is made in women whose blood pressures reach 140/90 mm Hg or greater for the first time after mid-pregnancy, but in whom proteinuria isnot identified, and the blood pressure returns to normal by 12 weeks postpaum.Ref: William&;s Obstetrics; 24th edition; Chapter 40