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Hospitals Adjust as Rates of Maternal High Blood Pressure Spike - KFF Health News

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U.S. rates of newly developed and chronic maternal high blood pressure skyrocketed from 2007 through 2019 .

The federal government has worked for years to expand training in screening and treatment for severe blood pressure in pregnancy.

Lifestyle and genetic factors play a role, but people who don’t have risk factors going into pregnancy are also getting sick more often.

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91

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92

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72

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informal

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English

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48

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