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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2]

Classification

• Preeclampsia may be classified according to new guidelines into three groups:
• Preeclampsia with proteinuria
• Preeclampsia without proteinuria
• Preeclampsia with severe features

• The percentage of false-negative proteinuria especially on the dipstick is high.

Abbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase ; AST:Aspartate aminotransferase ;ISSHP:International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy; ACOG:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

ISSHP 2001/ACOG 2002	ISSHP 2018	ACOG 2013	ACOG 2018
❑ New onset of hypertension (blood pressure ≥140 mmHg systolic and/or ≥90 mmHg diastolic) after 20 weeks of gestation and ❑ proteinuria (urine protein/creatinine ≥30 mg/mmol (0.3 mg/mg)or ≥300 mg/day or at least (‘1+’) on dipstick testing	❑ New onset of hypertension (blood pressure of ≥140 mmHg systolic and/or ≥90 mmHg diastolic) after 20 weeks of gestation accompanied by one or more of the following: ❑Proteinuria ❑Maternal organ dysfunction including: ❑ Renal insufficiency (creatinine > 90 μmol/L; 1 mg/dL) ❑ Liver involvement (elevated transaminases with or without right upper quadrant or epigastric or abdominal pain) ❑ Neurological complications in eclampsia (altered mental status, blindness, stroke,hyperreflexia with clonus, severe headaches with hyperreflexia, persistent visual scotomata) ) ❑ Hematological complications (thrombocytopenia with platelet count below 150,000/dL,DIC, hemolysis	❑ New onset of hypertension (blood pressure of ≥140 mmHg systolic and/or ≥90 mmHg diastolic) after 20 weeks of gestation on two occasions at least 4 hours apart accompanied by one or more of the following: ❑ Proteinuria ❑ Maternal organ dysfunction including: ❑Renal insufficiency (serum creatinine> 1.1 mg/dL ❑ Impaired liver function (ALA or ASA ≥ 70 U/l) ❑Cerebral or visual symptoms ❑Thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 100,000/dL]] ❑ Pulmonary edema	❑ Systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or more or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or more on two occasions at least 4 hours apart after 20 weeks of gestation in a woman with a previously normal blood pressure ❑Systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or more or diastolic blood pressure of 110 mm Hg or more ❑And ❑Proteinuria ❑300 mg or more per 24 hour urine collection ❑ Protein/creatinine ratio of 0.3 mg/dL or more or Dipstick of 2+ ❑Or in the absence of proteinuria, new-onset hypertension with the new onset of any of the following ❑Thrombocytopenia (Platelet count less than 100,000/dl ❑ Renal insufficiency( Serum [[creatinine]>1.1 mg/dL or a doubling of the serum creatinine concentration in the absence of other renal disease) ❑Impaired liver function (Elevated blood level of liver transaminases to twice normal level) ❑Pulmonary edema ❑ New-onset headache unresponsive to medication and not accounted for by alternative diagnoses or visual symptoms