Chronic hypertension in pregnancy (either essential or
secondary to renal disease,ndocrine disease, or other causes);
Pre-eclampsia superimposed upon chronic hypertension
Transient hypertension
1.Transient hypertension is the development of after midpregnancy or in the first
24 hours postpartum without other signs of preeclampsia or preexisting hypertension.
2.This condition is often predictive of the later development of essential hypertension.
3.Transient hypertension is a retrospective diagnosis and, if uncertainty exists regarding
the diagnosis, these patients should be managed as if they had preeclampsia.