Measuring Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Using Mercury and Automated Device

St George Hospital, Australia220 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the PRAM study was to determine whether women diagnosed with hypertension in pregnancy, using the traditional mercury device, have the same pregnancy outcomes when blood pressure is measured by either an automated device or a mercury device throughout the pregnancy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

220

Conditions

Hypertension Pregnancy Pre Eclampsia

Interventions

Automated blood pressure recording device Omron HEM 705CPDEVICE

All subsequent blood pressure recordings done using the automated device

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * women with a diagnosis of hypertension in pregnancy Exclusion Criteria: * non-pregnant and normotensive pregnancy women

Locations (1)

St George Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The primary maternal outcome measure was the number of women having any episode of severe hypertension (BP ³ 170/110mmHg).

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary end points included gestation at birth, caesarean section and induction of labour rates.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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