Following Women With High Blood Pressure After Childbirth in Switzerland
Follows women with high blood pressure after childbirth to track their health over time.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Swiss Postpartum Hypertension Cohort
Key facts
- Where
- Basel, SwitzerlandSee the site
Where in Switzerland
- Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Clinic, University Hospital BaselBasel, SwitzerlandTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Trial code
- NCT04690660
- Record updated
- 28 May 2025
- Original description
This open label, prospective observational, single-center registry is to study short-, intermediate-and long-term course of postpartum hypertension and predictors/risk factors associated with long term cardiovascular and renal risk.Read full original descriptionShow less
Swiss Postpartum Hypertension Cohort (Swiss-PPHT)
This open label, prospective observational, single-center registry is to study short-, intermediate-and long-term course of postpartum hypertension and predictors/risk factors associated with long term cardiovascular and renal risk.
Current disease management strategies will be evaluated.
Inclusion: all women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; postpartum hypertension (blood pressure measurements of systolic ≥140 and/or diastolic ≥ 90mmHg or antihypertensive therapy within the first 14 days after delivery); women with preexisting hypertension or; women on antihypertensive medication.
Exclusion: delivery > 14 days; lack of consent to participate in the study, language barriers or lack of general understanding.