Question 225 · LEK · Hypertension in pregnancy

The pregnancy in a patient with chronic hypertension is a high-risk pregnancy and may be complicated with the following disorders except for:

  1. A. preterm birth related to the cervical incompetence.
  2. B. intrauterine growth retardation.
  3. C. superimposed preeclampsia.
  4. D. abruption of normally located placenta.
  5. E. oligohydroamnios.
Hint

Chronic hypertension acts mainly through placental vascular pathology; look for the complication with a structural cervical mechanism.

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