A review of clinical practice guidelines on the management of preeclampsia and nursing inspiration.
Ruiyang Sun, Xiu Zhu, Junying Li and 2 others
PMID 39698136WHAT IT FOUND
Preeclampsia nursing guidance focuses on early screening, standardized blood pressure checks, magnesium sulfate monitoring, birth decisions, postpartum blood pressure and symptom checks, and education.
Eight useful guidelines supplied 46 care points, but most nursing evidence was very low.
Key findings
01Ten guidelines met eligibility criteria, and eight scored above 50% and were deemed clinically useful; the Chinese Medical Association and SOMANZ guidelines were not.
02The clinically useful guidelines yielded 31 recommendations containing 46 nursing care items across antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care.
03The quality ratings were very low for 41.30%, moderate for 32.61%, high for 15.22%, and low for 10.87%, while 30 items were strong and 16 were weak.
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What it does not show
Only guidelines available in English or Chinese were included, so guidance from other languages or regions may be missing. Most nursing care evidence was rated very low, so many recommendations rest on expert opinion rather than strong trial data. The paper summarizes guideline recommendations rather than patient outcomes from trials, so it cannot show that following the list improves maternal or fetal health. Some included guidelines did not use a grading system, and the authors re-evaluated evidence, which may affect how recommendations are interpreted.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the strong recommendations as high-quality proof that each nursing task works. The review found that most nursing care evidence was very low, so the guidance is useful for organizing care but is not strong evidence of effectiveness.