Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Basic science
- Part II Clinical Practice
- 17 Classification and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
- 18 Measuring blood pressure in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
- 19 Immune maladaptation in the etiology of pre-eclampsia; an updated epidemiological perspective
- 20 Genetics of pre-eclampsia and counseling the patient who developed pre-eclampsia
- 21 Thrombophilias and pre-eclampsia
- 22 Medical illness and the risk of pre-eclampsia
- 23 The kidney and pre-eclampsia
- 24 Management of mild pre-eclampsia
- 25 Management of severe pre-eclampsia
- 26 The differential diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- 27 Complications of pre-eclampsia
- 28 Central nervous system findings in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- 29 Pathogenesis and treatment of eclampsia
- 30 Anesthesia for the pre-eclamptic patient
- 31 Critical care management of severe pre-eclampsia
- 32 The role of maternal and fetal Doppler in pre-eclampsia
- 33 Pregnancy-induced hypertension – the effects on the newborn
- 34 Medico-legal implications of the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
- Subject index
- References
34 - Medico-legal implications of the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
from Part II - Clinical Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Basic science
- Part II Clinical Practice
- 17 Classification and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
- 18 Measuring blood pressure in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
- 19 Immune maladaptation in the etiology of pre-eclampsia; an updated epidemiological perspective
- 20 Genetics of pre-eclampsia and counseling the patient who developed pre-eclampsia
- 21 Thrombophilias and pre-eclampsia
- 22 Medical illness and the risk of pre-eclampsia
- 23 The kidney and pre-eclampsia
- 24 Management of mild pre-eclampsia
- 25 Management of severe pre-eclampsia
- 26 The differential diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- 27 Complications of pre-eclampsia
- 28 Central nervous system findings in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- 29 Pathogenesis and treatment of eclampsia
- 30 Anesthesia for the pre-eclamptic patient
- 31 Critical care management of severe pre-eclampsia
- 32 The role of maternal and fetal Doppler in pre-eclampsia
- 33 Pregnancy-induced hypertension – the effects on the newborn
- 34 Medico-legal implications of the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
- Subject index
- References
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