Hypertensive Toxemia of Pregnancy

Abstract

The subject of hypertension in pregnancy is confused by the use of a multitude of ill defined terms

Plasma Volume, Total Circulating Protein, and “Available Fluid” Abnormalities in Preeclampsia and Eclampsia 1

“…Nevertheless, it is possible that these alterations may play an important role in certain of its more serious manifestations, such as the oliguria, the cerebral edema (12,13,14) and the occasional termination in vascular collapse (15).…”