Keywords preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension, evidence-based management, magnesium sulfate therapy Editors’ comment: Although not an obstetrician or a clinician, Leon Chesley, PhD, was associated through most of his career with…
Keywords glomerular filtration, renal blood flow, relaxin, proteinuria, podocyturia, renal vascular resistance, preeclampsia, glomerular endotheliosis, renal biopsy Editors’ comment: The revision of this chapter includes the welcoming of a…
Keywords platelets, liver, coagulation, HELLP syndrome, hemolysis, thrombophilia Editors’ comment: This chapter of the fourth edition of Chesley’s textbook has been updated. In order to do so, the editors…
Keywords eclampsia, cerebral edema, cerebral hemodynamics, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome Editors’ comment: A single chapter focusing on the brain in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia appeared in edition 3 and…
Keywords pregnancy, superimposed preeclampsia, essential hypertension, pheochromocytoma, primary aldosteronism, renal artery stenosis, Cushing syndrome Editors’ comments: The fourth edition adds two new authors to the chapter on chronic hypertension…
Keywords pregnancy, preeclampsia, total body water, intravascular volume, interstitial volume, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, natriuretic hormones, pressure natriuresis, Na + K + -ATPase, osmoregulation, vasopressin Editors’ comment : The role of…
Keywords antihypertensive drugs, pregnancy, preeclampsia, systematic reviews Editors’ comment: The authors in updating this chapter continue to emphasize the need for better study designs regarding the ideal antihypertensive drugs…
Keywords preeclampsia, cardiovascular system, systemic arterial circulation, hemodynamics, left ventricular mechanics, pregnancy response and later-life cardiovascular disease risk Editors’ comment: The heart was a brief bystander in Chesley’s original…
Keywords Preeclampsia, eclampsia, prevention, low-dose aspirin, calcium supplementation, antioxidants, magnesium sulfate Editors’ comment: The past two decades have seen many resources focused on the prevention of preeclampsia with minimal…
Keywords multivariable prediction models, proteomics, metabolomics, cell-free fetal DNA, podocyturia, angiogenic factors, uterine artery Doppler velocimetry Editors’ comment: As noted by the authors in their Introduction, prediction tests had…
