Pregnant women who suffer from hypertension can now treat and monitor their condition from home, a new study has found. They don’t have to go to a hospital and this has been highlighted over the last couple of years. Home monitoring in pregnancy has proved to be very popular and it is also very safe as well.

The study that was done involved over 108 women and they were all from London. They were taught and shown how to measure their own blood pressure by using a machine. The control study was done on 58 women and they were also monitored in a clinic. All of these women suffered from hypertension and those who work in nursing jobs will know how serious this can be. Some of them had gestational hypertension and others had a very high chance of developing preeclampsia. They also had normal biochemical and even haematological markers as well.

There were absolutely no differences in the foetal, neonatal or even maternal outcomes with the women who kept an eye on their hypertension levels from home. The study showed remarkable results and people now believe that it is important to utilise technology in order to get a better result for both the patient and the doctor. The research data proves that there is absolutely no risk of the baby or the mother coming into any type of harm when the levels are monitored from home and a lot of people believe that this could provide some serious cost-saving for the NHS as well.

It’s really important to note here that more studies need
to be done in order to establish the fact that rare pregnancy complications can occur and that this can have a serious impact on healthcare settings. That being said, this new scheme is going to be joining the NHS Innovation Accelerator program.