With our alarming maternal morbidity and mortality rates, and the statistic that 60% of preeclampsia related deaths are preventable, we couldn’t be more pleased that you are here. Combatting adverse outcomes starts with educating your patients and following best practices. Thank you for joining us in the fight to ensure no moms' or babies' lives are threatened due to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Although preeclampsia is sometimes called the disease of theories, there are (mostly) agreed upon best practices to prevent, recognize, diagnose and treat hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Here you can find the current best practices, from task force consensus statements to practice bulletins from around the world.
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It used to be that less than half of expectant moms knew the signs and symptoms of preeclampsia. Because of the work of the Preeclampsia Foundation and our provider partners, we're making progress. Still today, there are mothers who do not report their symptoms to their healthcare providers for fear of over-reacting or because they do not recognize the dangers of these warning signs. Working with other national organizations, we also have work underway to ensure that when they do report their concerns, they are heard. Listen to moms!
The Preeclampsia Foundation is working to improve the resources available to all women and their caregivers by providing evidence based educational materials in our Store and throughout our website. We encourage providers to use and recommend these resources. Through our membership on the Council for Patient Safety in Women's Healthcare, we successfully included these important warning signs on other organization materials, as well.
There is a strong body of research the explains the long-term implications - especially heart disease, stroke and hypertension - for survivors of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Although guidelines are still needed to define continued, long term care, we are working with partners to develop a care pathway for survivors. Here is current information for your patients and a white paper synthesizing the latest data on preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease.
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Many women who suffer a preeclampsia or HELLP syndrome diagnosis are grieving what they thought their birth experience would be. It is important that providers acknowledge their birth trauma and support them in finding healing.
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We value innovation and disruptive technologies to improve diagnosis and management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Here is what we’re doing to catalyze improvements and eliminate disparities and health inequities.
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Patient and family engagement can improve many aspects of health care performance including quality, safety, financial performance, patient experience of care, patient outcomes, and employee satisfaction.
There are many benefits to working with patient and family partners in quality improvement work, including:
We’re training healthcare providers, educating patients and conducting and funding research to ensure hypertensive disorders no longer threaten the lives of mothers and their babies. Preeclampsia strikes quickly, and we invite you to join us in striking back! There are many ways you can support education, healthcare, and research programs developed to save the lives of moms and their babies.
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A Call-to-Action to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Biomarkers
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The Need As many as one in twelve pregnancies is affected by hypertension in its most dangerous form – preeclampsia. In some regions of the country 15-20% of pregnancies are affected. The curre...
Order our Ask About Aspirin Rack Card. Aspirin can prevent the formation of blood clots. This can make aspirin useful in treating or preventing some conditions like heart attacks and stroke...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and appears to be increasing in women aged 35 to 54 years. Women who have had preeclampsia have three to four times the risk of high...
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High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy May Be a Warning Sign of Life-threatening Condition World’s Leading Clinicians and Researchers to Discuss Best Practices for Predicting, Preventing, and M...
September 25, 2020 – Melbourne, FL –– The Preeclampsia Foundation is urgently calling for the development of biomarker tests for simple, rapid, and accurate diagnosis and prediction...
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May 19, 2020 - Melbourne, FL - The Preeclampsia Foundation is responding to the needs of pregnant and postpartum women, during COVID-19, with the introduction of The Cuff Kit™. With w...
Foundation joins Brigham and Women’s investigators on important research study Preeclampsia puts women at increased risk for heart disease as well as stroke and high blood pressure later in lif...
Melbourne, Florida – December 12, 2018 – The Preeclampsia Foundation is pleased to announce MoMMA’s Voices, a national coalition of patient organizations and individuals with lived e...
