Question

A pregnant patient (14 weeks) has chronic hypertension and prior preeclampsia. What preventive medication is recommended?

Accepted Answer

Low-dose aspirin 81 mg daily starting now until delivery

Answer

Calcium 2 g/day

Answer

Heparin prophylaxis

Answer

Aspirin after 28 weeks only

Answer

No prophylaxis unless proteinuria recurs

Practice question

A pregnant patient (14 weeks) has chronic hypertension and prior preeclampsia. What preventive medication is recommended?