© 1997 Canadian Medical Association (text and abstract/résumé) Report of the Canadian Hypertension Society Consensus Conference:

Objectives: To provide Canadian physicians with a standard definition of hyperten-sion in pregnancy, recommendations for laboratory investigations and tests for the assessment and management of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and a clas-sification of such disorders. Options: To improve or not improve Canadian uniformity and standardization in the investigation and classification of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Outcomes: 1) Accuracy, reliability and practicality of diagnostic clinical criteria for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. 2) Laboratory tests useful to determine severity and prognosis of disorders as measured by maternal and neonatal ad-verse outcomes. 3) A classification of disorders for use by Canadian physicians to facilitate uniformity and diffusion of research through a common language. Evidence: Articles on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy published from 1966 to 1996, retrieved through MEDLINE search, related to definitions, tests, diagnostic cri-teria and classification, as well as documents on diagnosis and classification from au