preeclampsia
MONDO:0005081Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names preeclampsia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that is characterized by new-onset hypertension with proteinuria presenting after 20 weeks of gestation, and depending on mild or severe forms may initially present with severe headache, visual disturbances, and hyperreflexia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005081), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
27 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal placenta morphologyHPOHP:0100767
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Elevated diastolic blood pressureHPOHP:0005117
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Elevated systolic blood pressureHPOHP:0004421
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HypertensionHPOHP:0000822
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ProteinuriaHPOHP:0000093
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Epigastric painHPOHP:0410019
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Pulmonary edemaHPOHP:0100598
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Renal insufficiencyHPOHP:0000083
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormality of the hepatic vasculatureHPOHP:0006707
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormality of the kidneyHPOHP:0000077
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormality of the nervous systemHPOHP:0000707
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- Abnormality of visionHPOHP:0000504
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentrationHPOHP:0002910
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Increased body mass indexHPOHP:0031418
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Intrauterine growth retardationHPOHP:0001511
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Small for gestational ageHPOHP:0001518
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: preeclampsia
- Also called
- pre-eclampsiapre-eclamptic toxaemiapre-eclamptic toxemiapreeclampsia/eclampsiapregnancy toxaemiaproteinuric hypertension of pregnancy