Scott A, Owen P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
Br J Hosp Med. 1996;55(8):476-8.
Despite advances in antenatal and intrapartum care, hypertensive disorders remain the second most common cause of maternal mortality. The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom (1988-90) (Department of Health, 1994) demonstrated that the number of deaths where hypertensive disease was the direct cause had not decreased since the previous trienium. The morbidity from this condition remains largely unquantified and many aspects of the aetiology and disease processes remain unknown.
尽管产前和产时护理有所进步，但高血压疾病仍是孕产妇死亡的第二大常见原因。英国孕产妇死亡机密调查（1988 - 1990年）（卫生部，1994年）表明，自上一个三年期以来，高血压疾病作为直接死因的死亡人数并未减少。这种疾病的发病率在很大程度上仍未得到量化，病因和疾病过程的许多方面仍然未知。
