Bacteriuria, prematurity and the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - abstract

ABSTRACT

In all age and parity groups the occurrence of prematurity and the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was higher in bacteriurics than in non-bacteriurics. Prevalence rates for the emergence of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy rose particularly rapidly with increasing age and parity in bacteriuric subjects. The predictive values of bacteriuria as an index of subsequent clinical pyelonephritis was confirmed. Some of the perinatal mortality and morbidity associated with hypertension and prematurity may be preventable (AU)