The specifics of the diet (available at tinyurl.com/brewer diet) were compiled by Dr. Tom Brewer, an obstetrician, after years of studying research on the effects of nutrition in pregnancy. He lived to see his philosophy used to prevent or treat various complications of pregnancy, including pregnancyinduced hypertension, pathological edema, eclampsia (toxemia), pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, pr...

The specifics of the diet (available at tinyurl.com/brewer diet) were compiled by Dr. Tom Brewer, an obstetrician, after years of studying research on the effects of nutrition in pregnancy. He lived to see his philosophy used to prevent or treat various complications of pregnancy, including pregnancyinduced hypertension, pathological edema, eclampsia (toxemia), pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, pr...

Pregnancy related acute kidney injury (PRAKI) patients that underwent hemodialysis (HD) between May 2007 and April 2015 were studied with specific reference to clinical features, laboratory values, duration of pregnancy at the diagnosis of acute kidney injury and outcome. It involved 38 patients aged between 15 and 30 years. The main clinical features were fever, edema and oliguria. The leading...

Four fat-tailed ewes from an indoor flock (n=40) were examined for recumbency and depressive nervoussigns. They were from a seemingly nonpregnant group of the flock that had been diagnosed bytransabdominal ultrasonography. The ration consisted of mainly wheat straw since their separation from thepregnant group. Detection of pregnancy on abdominal palpation along with depressive nervous signs an...

We report three rare cases of massive maternal ascites complicating severe pre-eclamptic toxemia seen in the last 18 months. This complication developed in association with the rise of blood pressure to 160/110 mmHg or more, worsening of proteinuria and hyperuricemia. The onset of massive ascites caused respiratory compromise in all these patients, thus necessitating immediate termination of pr...

Pheochromocytoma is an unusual cause of hypertension. It accounts for only 0.1% of the hypertension found in adults 1) . Pheochromocytoma in pregnancy is extremely rare, and only about 200 cases have been reported in literature reviews. This disorder carries a high risk of maternal and fetal mortality if undiagnosed before delivery ) . The various clinical manifestations of hypertension could r...

Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy. 122 5: 112231.Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy in which there is high blood. 5 Management of pregnancy with pre-eclampsia. 8 Medical management of severe hypertension or severe pre-eclampsia in a critical care setting. 1 Classification of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia complicates 2-3 of all pregnancies 5-7 in nulliparous wome...