Hypertension in Pregnancy

Covers gestational and chronic hypertension in addition to severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome and discusses the interaction with the renal, hematological, neurological, and hepatic systems of pregnant women.

List of contents

1. Diagnosis and Classification of Preeclampsia and Other Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 2. The Etiology of Preeclampsia 3. The Immunological Aspects of Preeclampsia: Links with Current Concepts on Etiology and Pathogenesis 4. The Differential Diagnosis of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia 5. Severe Preeclampsia Remote from Term 6. Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women with Chronic Hypertension and Renal Disease 7. HELLP Syndrome: The Scope of Disease and Treatment 8. Gestational Hypertension: How Much Should We Worry? 9. Eclampsia-What's New? 10. Antenatal Surveillance in Preeclampsia and Chronic Hypertension 11. Hepatic Hemorrhage and Rupture in Pregnancy 12. Intensive Care of the Patient with Complicated Preeclampsia 13. Echocardiography and Pregnancy: A Simple, Rational Approach to Assessing Central Hemodynamics 14. Anesthesia for the Patient with Severe Preeclampsia

About the author

Michael Belfort (Edited by) , S. Thorton (University of Warwick) (Edited by) , George Saade (Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA) (Edited by)

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael Belfort (Editor), Belfort Michael (Editor), George Saade (Editor), Saade George (Editor), S. Thorton (Editor), Thorton S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2002
• EAN: 9780824708276
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-0827-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 725 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Cardiology, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Cardiovascular medicine