Abstract

NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo. New interpretations in the classification and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.4, pp.516-529. ISSN 1029-3019.

Pre-eclampsia constitutes a disease characteristic of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period, characterized by its association to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The following literature review is based on the new diagnosis approaches for this clinical entity, exposed by important scientific organizations, those that repeal the proteinuria dependence and propose the use of other tests for it. In this document these new tools that facilitate a better diagnosis of the pre-eclampsia and other ways of hypertension in the pregnancy-postpartum stage are within the reach of the medical community, which will allow reducing the diagnosis error and achieving an early intervention that will lead to better maternal and perinatal results

Keywords : pregnancy; pre-eclampsia; hypertension; proteinuria.