Persistence of elevated blood pressure in toxemia of pregnancy following autonomic blockade with tetraethylammonium chloride (TEAC) has been reported previously by the authors ( 1 ). Subsequently many of the patients studied were treated with subcutaneous veratrum viride with consistent depressor effects. The apparent opposing actions of these two drugs in toxemia, together with a suggestion th...

Certain complications of pregnancy, e.g., threatened spontaneous abortion, toxemia, emesis, and anemia, were studied in pregnant women living in industrial areas contaminated by smelters and the petrochemical industry. Exposure to lead or aromatic hydrocarbons was assessed in parallel by the determination of these agents or their metabolites in blood and urine. Comparison of respective exposure...

The present work aimed to study the behavior of acute phase proteins (haptoglobin, serum amyloid A, acid soluble glycoprotein, fibrinogen, and albumin) in fasting-induced pregnancy toxemia in goats and their relationship with classical indicators of this disorder such as beta-hydroxybutyrate and nonesterified fatty acids in the blood and decreased urine pH and ketonuria. Twelve adult Murciano-G...

The clinical and pathological manifestations of a disease occurring in the late stages of pregnancy or following parturition in the guinea pig are described. The similarity of this disease to toxemia of pregnancy in the rabbit is discussed. The disease appears to be of endogenous origin and is in some way associated with a disordered metabolism occurring at about the time of parturition.

The accuracy of the Precision Xceed® hand-held meter as an on-site method for measuring blood β-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA) and glucose concentrations, for the diagnosis of pregnancy toxemia and ketosis in dry and lactating dairy sheep, was assessed. Five to eight hours after the start of the morning feed, blood was collected once from 193 clinically healthy sheep (143 dry and 50 lactating). BHB...

Observations on the treatment of infertile rabbits with antuitrin "B." Proc. Soc. exp. A lethal mutation in the rabbit with stigmata of an acromegalic disorder. Science, 81: 25, 1935. Rabbit pox. III. Report on an epidemic with especial reference to epidemiological factors. The influence of intra-uterine factors on the fetal weight of rabbits. Toxemia of pregnancy in the rabbit. II. Etiological...

AIM This study was planned to reveal the clinical signs and biochemical alterations in pregnancy toxemic goats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples were collected from 20 healthy pregnant and 45 pregnancy toxemic goats and analyzed biochemically. RESULTS The most significant clinical findings were observed in naturally affected goats with pregnancy toxemia included anorexia, recumbency, let...

An immunofluorescent study of renal biopsies from patients with toxemia of pregnancy has been performed. It was found that the glomeruli consistently showed bright staining for fibrin within endothelial cells, as well as occasional deposits along the basement membrane. Gamma globulin was only occasionally demonstrable, generally in the form of irregular deposits along the basement membrane. bet...