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The Current Guidelines from NICE
Advise pregnant women with more than 1 moderate risk factor for pre-eclampsia to take 75–150 mg of aspirin[1] daily from 12 weeks until the birth of the baby. Factors indicating moderate risk are:
- first pregnancy
- age 40 years or older
- pregnancy interval of more than 10 years
- body mass index (BMI) of 35 kg/m2 or more at first visit
- family history of pre-eclampsia
- multi-fetal pregnancy. [2010, amended 2019]
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