Ambulatory Blood Pressure and the Normal Increase in Maternal Blood Pressure Postpartum

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Conditions studied: Normotensive Postpartum Cesarean Section Patients

In brief

Investigators plan to study blood pressure trends on days 3 to 6 of the postpartum period. Investigators will use a home blood pressure monitor that stays on the arm, and takes blood pressures hourly. Participants will record any symptoms that they feel are attributed to high blood pressure and pain medication use.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02912403

Run by

St. Louis University

People needed

0

Starts

2016-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-06

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Normotensive postpartum women
• Singleton pregnancy
• Cesarean delivery

You may not qualify if…

• Chronic medical conditions that would put the patient at increased risk for hypertension (diabetes, lupus, renal disease)
• Current diagnosis of hypertensive disease
• Skin rash in location of cuff placement
• Tobacco user
• Chronic narcotic user
• Vaginal delivery
• cognitively impaired persons

Where it is running

• St. Mary's Health Center — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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