The nurse is caring for a woman who is in her third trimester of pregnancy.The patient has a blood pressure of 165/95 mm Hg with proteinuria of 350 mg/24 h and has been diagnosed with preeclampsia.The nurse recognizes which conditions as risk factors for this condition?

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Maternal infection,age younger than 19 and older than 35 years,and preexisting renal disease are all predisposing factors for preeclampsia.Additional risk factors include African American,obesity; primigravida; history of preeclampsia; multifetal gestation; family history of preeclampsia,pregestational diabetes mellitus; and preexisting hypertension,vascular,or renal disease.

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