This study was undertaken as the result of a discussion of the relationship of toxemia of pregnancy to acute nephritis. It was thought that if hemolytic streptococcal infection played any such part in toxemia as it has been shown to play in many instances of acute nephritis, this might perhaps be detected by use of the antifibrinolysin test. It was first shown by Tillett and Garner4 in 1933 tha...

Pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET) may be associated with both endothelial dysfunction (ED) and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). It was hypothesised that females with PET would demonstrate both SDB and ED, and that a correlation between these two would suggest a potential causative association. A total of 17 females with PET and 25 matched females with uncomplicated pregnancy were studied. They unde...

negative energy balance in pregnant ewes during last two month of gestation could result in fatal pregnancy toxemia and affects ewe and lamb health. the understanding of variations of energy related metabolites during this critical period may cast light upon to a better management of the situation. this study describes the variations of serum energy related biochemical metabolites at a period o...

In previous papers (9, 14) we have discussed the changes that occur in the acid-base equilibrium of serum of normal women during pregnancy. In brief, these changes are reduction of the serum carbon dioxide content and serum proteins, accompanied by a comparable reduction of total base. These findings have been confirmed by Stander, Eastman, Harrison, and Cadden (21). The reduction of serum prot...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the safety of sublingual immunotherapy in pregnancy, which has not yet been reported. METHODS One hundred and fifty-five patients received sublingual immunotherapy with either house dust mite (D. farinae) or a mixture of up to five allergens during 185 pregnancies. Twenty-four patients received sublingual immunotherapy for the first time durin...

Discussions of causative relation between toxemias of late pregnancy and posterior pituitary hormone (PPH) are already time-honored, and Kustner,l) Anselmino-Hoffmann,2) and others have made great contribu tions in these parts. In 1933, Kustner1) had performed an anterior hysterotomy on a typical pre-eclampsia and at that time a slow intravenous injection of Orasthin not only gave her rise to e...

JAUNDICE DURING PREGNANCY. By Urs Peter Haemmerli. New York, Springer-Verlag, Inc., 1967. 111 pp. $3.80, paperbound. Jaundice During Pregnancy is an excellent monograph which should be read by all internists, obstetricians, and pediatricians, and which should be available in all medical libraries for ready reference. The author concisely summarizes the known minor alterations of the liver and i...

sudden onset, oed&ma of retinal tissues, equally sudden cessation on removal of the cause and complete restoration of vision. (2) Whenever chronic nephritis complicates pregnancy, the visual disturbances are due to renal retinitis. (3) This retinitis is associated with high blood-pressure which, together with the signs of retinitis, have a tendency to persist after delivery. (4) This form of re...