Nursing literature review, related to pregnancy induced hypertension, from 1980 to 1999, with the objective of identifying the tendencies of those publications. 58 publications were found in the English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, being 52 articles from periodicals and 6 monographs, dissertations and thesis. Most of the articles was published in nursing periodicals (84,6%), prevailing the English ones (73,1%), written by academicians, with sole writing. The focuses nursing care (25,9%) and pharmacological treatment predominated (25,9%). An increment was observed in the publications starting from 1985. The national publications concerning the pregnancy induced hypertension are still incipient.
Pregnancy; Eclampsia; Pre-eclampsia; Publications
