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Clinical risk factors for pre-eclampsia determined in early pregnancy
Authors’ reply to Rafi
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3402 (Published 22 June 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;353:i3402
- Joel G Ray, clinician scientist1,
- Emily Bartsch, medical student2
- 1Departments of Medicine, Health Policy Management and Evaluation, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- 2University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- rayj{at}smh.ca
We thank Rafi for his comments on our paper.1 2
WHO, NICE, and the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) conclude, from systematic reviews, that aspirin prophylaxis is appropriate in high risk women.3 4 5
These guidelines list chronic kidney disease (CKD) and autoimmune diseases (eg, systemic lupus erythematosus; SLE) as risk factors designating women as “high risk” for pre-eclampsia. …
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