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Schneider, MC; Landau, R; Mörtl, MG.
New insights in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2001; 14(3):291-297
Doi: 10.1097/00001503-200106000-00002
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- Mörtl Manfred Georg
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- Abstract:
- Research reported during the past year has enhanced our understanding of conditions that lead to the complex changes that are observed in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. An association between placental pathology and a multisystem disorder that is characterized by endothelial dysfunction which involves genetic and immunological investigations has been identified. On the basis of these findings, promising screening tools for early detection of pre-eclampsia were identified. No marked changes in anaesthetic approach to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy occurred during the period of review, apart from a reappraisal of spinal anaesthesia as a safe technique in caesarean section, even in patients with severe pre-eclampsia. A multidisciplinary approach to management and therapy is needed and the right balance must be sought between the needs of the mother and baby, both of which are jeopardized by the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.