Few studies have explored blood pressure (BP) trends in pregnancy and the postpartum period. The accepted belief is that BP in pregnancy stays close to non-pregnant values (120/80mmHg). Studies also suggest variance between clinic and home based BP measurements. In this report, we ...
but not in others. If your body is low in certain vitamins and minerals, they will be delivered in low amounts to your baby. So, what you eat when you’re pregnant can make a big
If preeclampsia is not treated in time, it can lead to placental abruption and/or premature birth. A severe form of pre-eclampsia can also cause organ damage and seizures (eclampsia) in the pregnant woman.44Since high blood pressure during pregnancy poses a great risk to the mother-to-be ...
Pregnancy in baboons is characterized by lower systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressures than in the nonpregnant state. As pregnancy progresses, diastolic and mean pressures tend to increase whereas systolic pressure remains low. Sonographic measurements of fetal growth follow a sigmoid pattern, ...
Aim of our study is to assess the antioxidant status by measuring the total antioxidant activity. Methods: Total antioxidant activity was assayed by Koracevic' et al's method, with the plasma of twenty five pregnant women (with normal blood pressure) as test group and twenty five age matched...
COMPARISON OF BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES IN PREGNANT HYPERTENSIVES AND NORMOTENSIVE CONTROLS WITH NORMAL PREGNANCY USING SERIAL AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORINGdoi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000573068.82656.03P. GryglasP. JedrusikE. WojciechowskaJ. Lewandowski
Maternal oxygen delivery to the placenta is affected by uterine artery blood flow, oxygen content of the uterine artery blood, and hemoglobin concentration Summary The care of the critically ill pregnant patients requires a multidisciplinary approach between the obstetrician, critical care physician, ...
(24 to 48 hours) obtained by validated automated devices from 166 women with uncomplicated pregnancies (413 data series) at one or more of 5 gestational periods (P1–P5, respectively at 5–14, 14–20, 21–25, 26–30 and >30 weeks) and from 71 age-matched normotensive non-pregnant ...
The pregnant patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) poses many challenges. Physicians and nurses need to understand the basic concepts of maternal physiology and fetal physiology. The physicians must care for the mother and consider the potential adverse effects that diagnostic and therapeutic interv...
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