This may facilitate a more accurate evaluation of individual pressure readings in pregnant women so as to ensure a more reliable and timely diagnosis of hypertension.doi:10.1016/0020-7292(96)02742-7A. StellaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Padua University, Padua, ItalyP.V. Grella...
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, ...
(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 ...
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 ...
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
Combes B, Shibata H, Adams R, et al: Alterations in sulfobromophthalein sodium-removal mechanisms from blood during normal pregnancy. J Clin Invest 42: 1431–1442, 1963 Article Ingerslev M, Teilum G: Biopsy studies on the liver in pregnancy. II. Liver biopsy on normal pregnant women. Act...
How much weight should I gain while I’m pregnant? What happens to all that weight after my baby is born?These are normal things to wonder about during pregnancy. If you ever wanted a good reason to gain a few extra pounds, pregnancy is it! Gaining weight is important for the health ...
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, ...
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...
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...