Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City. Text focuses on the latest research and additions to literature. Covers new developments in the classification, etiology, differential diagnosis, and management of preeclampsia, related hypertensive diseases in pregnancy, and their complications. Also addresses aspects of management as they apply to the patient with preeclampsia.

John Anthony, M.B.Ch.B., F.C.O.G.(S.A.) Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Philip N. Baker, M.R.C.O.G., D.M. Professor, Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England Michael A. Belfort, M.B.B.C.H., D.A.(S.A.), M.R.C.O.G., F.A.C.O.G., M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah, U.S.A. Mark A. Brown, M.D. Professor, Departments of Renal Medicine and Medicine, St. George Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Rosie Burton, M.D. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa John M. Davison, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.O.G. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Gustaaf Albert Dekker, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lyell McEwin Health Service, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Gary A. Dildy III, M.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Pragasan Dean Gopalan, M.B.Ch.B., F.C.A.(S.A.), CritCare(S.A.) Senior Specialist and Lecturer, Department of Anaesthetics, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa Michael D. Hnat, D.O., F.A.C.O.G. Fellow, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Christy M. Isler, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A. Louise C. Kenny, M.B.Ch.B.(Hons), M.R.C.O.G. Clinical Lecturer, Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England Garrett K. Lam, M.D. Clinical Instructor and Fellow, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. Everett F. Magann, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.R.A.N.Z.C.O.G. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia James Martin, Jr., M.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Chief of Obstetrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. Kenneth J. Moise, Jr., M.D. Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. Justine C. Norman, M.D., Ch.B. Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Robyn A. North, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Obstretrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand D.A. Rocke, M.R.C.P., F.C.A.(S.A.), F.R.C.P. Professor and Head, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa Roxann Rokey, M.D., F.A.C.C. Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Co-Director of Echocardiography and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Baha M. Sibai, M.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Usha Singh, D.A.(S.A.), F.C.A.(S.A.) Department of Anaesthesiology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa Michael W. Varner, M.D. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Andrea G. Witlin, D.O., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholar, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.

Preface	p. v
Contributors	p. ix
Diagnosis and Classification of Preeclampsia and Other Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy	p. 1
The Etiology of Preeclampsia	p. 17
The Immunological Aspects of Preeclampsia: Links with Current Concepts on Etiology and Pathogenesis	p. 37
The Differential Diagnosis of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia	p. 57
Severe Preeclampsia Remote from Term	p. 85
Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women with Chronic Hypertension and Renal Disease	p. 117
HELLP Syndrome: The Scope of Disease and Treatment	p. 141
Gestational Hypertension: How Much Should We Worry?	p. 189
Eclampsia--What's New?	p. 221
Antenatal Surveillance in Preeclampsia and Chronic Hypertension	p. 235
Hepatic Hemorrhage and Rupture in Pregnancy	p. 263
Intensive Care of the Patient with Complicated Preeclampsia	p. 279
Echocardiography and Pregnancy: A Simple, Rational Approach to Assessing Central Hemodynamics	p. 313
Anesthesia for the Patient with Severe Preeclampsia	p. 339
Conversion Table for Some Common Laboratory Values	p. 371
Index	p. 373
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