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Keep this study
Lead
Duke University
With
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
Age
18–any
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Pregnant woman who are patients of:Duke Hospital, Duke Birthing Center (DBC), Duke Perinatal Durham clinic, Inpatients will be recruited from the obstetric antepartum service.
Gestational age 10 weeks, 0 days to 20 weeks, 6 days
18 years or older
English speaking
They will be enrolled into one of two groups:-Chronic hypertension (on medication or hypertensive blood pressures documented on two clinic visits (including prior to pregnancy), -Normal blood pressure, and not on any treatment for chronic HTN and no history of chronic HTN, and matched for BMI (+/- 3 kg/m2) with the chronic HTN group
The two groups will be matched for body mass index to control for the effect of obesity on OSA diagnosis and HTN.
Subjects will be not be excluded if they have an established diagnosis of OSA that is not currently being treated.
You may not be if
Being treated for OSA
On chronic opioids
On alpha-blockers (which can interfere with the PAT signal)
Have secondary HTN
Unwilling to remove nail polish and/or shorten one nail (which can also interfere with the PAT signal)
Have a severe allergy to latex
Do not speak English.
Clareo Health | OSA in Pregnant Women With Chronic HTN
