Pregnancy Hypertension: Proceedings of the First Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, held at University College, Dublin, on 27–29 September 1978

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages iii-xxi
Inaugural Address....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Immunological studies in severe gestosis....Pages 15-17
The HLA system and severe pre-eclampsia....Pages 19-27
Serum factors in severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET)....Pages 29-36
Immune complexes in pre-eclampsia....Pages 37-40
Pre-eclampsia and changed paternity....Pages 41-44
The influence of coitus on immune response....Pages 45-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
A prospective serial study of plasma angiotensin I converting enzyme in pregnancy....Pages 51-58
A study of plasma renin activity in normotensive subjects with a previous history of pregnancy-associated hypertension....Pages 59-65
The effect of delivery on maternal and fetal plasma renin and dopamine-β-hydroxylase in hypertensive disease of pregnancy....Pages 67-73
The effect of a specific AII antagonist (Saralasin) on blood pressure in the immediate puerperium....Pages 75-80
Post-partum changes in the renin-angiotensin system....Pages 81-85
Relationship of angiotensin sensitivity to sodium excretion, renin-aldosterone axis and to progesterone in late pregnancy....Pages 87-91
Labetalol — a new α and β-adrenoreceptor blocking agent in pregnancy-induced-hypertension....Pages 93-98
The effect of epidural analgesia on the renin—angiotensin system in pregnancy hypertension....Pages 99-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Circadian variation of blood-pressure in pregnancy....Pages 107-112
The roll-over test in healthy primagravid subjects....Pages 113-118
The lack of relationship between postural differences in blood pressure and pregnancy outcome....Pages 119-129
Mechanisms for blood-pressure changes in the roll-over test....Pages 131-142
Relationship between prolactin secretion and blood-pressure behaviour in late pregnancy....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Serum DBH activity in term delivery and newborn....Pages 149-154
Ionic basis of vascular smooth muscle contraction....Pages 155-159
Plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine in normotensive and pregnancy-induced hypertensive pregnancies....Pages 161-166
Plasma catecholamines during labour in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies....Pages 167-173
Relation between plasma volume and uric acid in the development of hypertension in pregnancy....Pages 175-179
Modulation of vascular responsiveness to angiotensin II during human pregnancy....Pages 181-189
Evans blue disappearance rate in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia....Pages 191-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Diameters of uteroplacental arteries....Pages 199-204
The ultrastructure of the placenta in maternal pre-eclampsia....Pages 205-211
Uteroplacental arteries and hypertensive pregnancy....Pages 213-219
Relevance of renal biopsy to the future course of pre-eclamptic women....Pages 221-230
Stereologic and autoradiographic studies on the human placenta. Relationship to hormonal status and hypertension in pregnancy....Pages 231-242
Data of placenta morphology in a prospective clinical study on hypertension in pregnancy....Pages 243-246
The development of a new method for monitoring the fetal placental circulation....Pages 247-254
Early endocrine investigation of placental function and preventive measures in pregnancy-induced hypertension....Pages 255-260
Plasma prolactin in pregnancy-induced hypertension....Pages 261-265
Assessment of uteroplacental haemodynamics in pre-eclampsia....Pages 267-270
Studies of uterine haemodynamics and the effects of ritodrine....Pages 271-275
Placental metabolism in pre-eclamptic toxaemia of pregnancy....Pages 277-292
The Newton’s iteration, a satisfying method to evaluate placenta perfusion curves....Pages 293-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Renal handling of sodium and electrolytes in pre-eclamptic patients on strict bed-rest and in upright activity....Pages 303-306
The effect of hypertension and oedema on birth-weight....Pages 307-311
The value of laboratory assessment of the severity of pre-eclampsia....Pages 313-319
‘Pre-hypertensive’ abnormalities of the intrarenal circulation following complicated pregnancies....Pages 321-327
The relation of renal disease and symptomatology in pregnancy....Pages 329-332
A biopsy study of hypertension in pregnancy....Pages 333-338
γ-Glutamyl transferase and β-microglobulin studies in pregnancy....Pages 339-342
Maternal and fetal aldosterone levels at delivery in normo- and hypertensive pregnancy....Pages 343-348
The frequency of asymptomatic significant bacteriuria in hypertensive pregnant women....Pages 349-353
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Fibrinogen degradation products and factor VIII consumption in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia: role of the placenta....Pages 357-369
Sequential studies in pre-eclampsia using plasma fibrinogen chromatography....Pages 371-378
Soluble fibrinogen-fibrin complexes in pre-eclampsia....Pages 379-382
Factor VIII related antigen/factor VIII ratio and pre-kallikrein activity in monitoring the hypertensive diseases of pregnancy....Pages 383-391
Plasma fibrinogen in pregnancy....Pages 393-396
Abnormal platelet function in pre-eclampsia....Pages 397-404
Abnormalities of renal platelet localization and fibrinolysis following PAH: the value of prophylactic use of anticoagulants....Pages 405-411
Eclampsia and intravascular coagulation....Pages 413-417
Factor VII-related antigen and factor VIII coagulant activity in normal pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and abruptio placentae....Pages 419-425
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Comparative immunology of human and baboon placenta....Pages 429-437
Analysis of blood-pressure control in normotensive and hypertensive animals with normal and reduced renal mass....Pages 439-444
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Experimental toxaemia in the pregnant dog and the aetiology of toxaemia....Pages 445-457
Blood-pressure and blood-flow changes produced by pregnancy, indomethacin and angiotensin II....Pages 459-464
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Propranolol in hypertension during pregnancy: ten cases....Pages 467-473
Mortality in eclampsia in relation to treatment modalities: a 10-year review....Pages 475-482
Is eclampsia preventable?....Pages 483-488
Prognostic significance of biochemical parameters in pre-eclampsia....Pages 489-495
Pregnancy-induced hypertension and proteinuria in diabetic and multiple pregnancy....Pages 497-500
Biochemical studies and delayed post-partum convulsion in Nigeria....Pages 501-509
Acute renal failure in pregnancy....Pages 511-515
Experience with diazoxide in the treatment of acute severe toxaemia of pregnancy....Pages 517-524
Pre-eclamptic toxaemia: a conservative approach to drug therapy....Pages 525-527
Clinical indices of perinatal problems related to hypertension in pregnancy....Pages 529-534
Hypertension in pregnancy and poor intra-uterine fetal growth....Pages 535-538
The influence of continuous epidural block on uteroplacental blood-flow....Pages 539-542
Swan-Ganz catheterization as a guide in therapy and an investigative aid in the management of severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia of pregnancy....Pages 543-548
Cigarette-smoking and pregnancy-induced hypertension....Pages 549-553
Epidural analgesia during labour in patients with severe pre-eclampsia....Pages 555-559
Cigarette-smoking and the fetus with special reference to blood-pressure levels....Pages 561-564
The influence of hypertension in pregnancy on the maternal serum alpha fetoprotein concentration....Pages 565-569
Some psychosomatic aspects of the hypertensions of pregnancy....Pages 571-575
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Controlled study of subcutaneous heparin and dipyridamole in women at high risk to fetal growth retardation....Pages 577-580
Neurofibromatosis in pregnancy and hypertension....Pages 581-584
Recurrent pregnancy-induced hypertension successfully treated by heparin....Pages 585-588
Back Matter....Pages 589-597