The toxemias of pregnancy.

THIS review of the toxemias of pregnancy considers the four syndromes involving primarily hypertension with or without albumin in the urine. The first two are essential hypertension and renal disease; they may or may not be influenced by pregnancy. Secondly, pre-eclamptic toxemia and eclampsia are discussed. These conditions are the result of the pregnancy itself. It should be stated in the beginning that clinical diagnosis and classification are frequently difficult and often impossible. If a patient is first seen after she has become pregnant, the presence of hypertension or albuminuria or both offers a very confused picture. There are many . . .

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