The urinary system, volume homeostasis, osmoregulation, and composition of body fluids are all altered in normal pregnancy. There are also hemodynamic changes involving cardiac output and blood pressure. Knowledge of these changes permits earlier detection of dysfunction as well as…
Funding sources This work was supported by the American Association under grant number 18POST33990293 (BAB) and the National Institutes of Health under grant numbers P01HL051971 (BAB, JPG), P20GM104357 (BAB, JPG), R01HL136684 (JPG), R01HL137791 (EMG), R01HL123527 (EMG), T32HL105324 (JPG), and U54GM115428…
Editor's Comment : The Editors gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Marshall D. Lindheimer, recently retired, who served as Editor and coauthor of this chapter in the second–fourth editions. The revision of the chapter for the current edition (previously Chapter…
Editors' comment: We welcome the addition of a new coauthor to this chapter, Alisse Hauspurg MD, who brings expertise in Maternal Fetal Medicine with a focus on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The chapter has been revised and updated to include…
Editors' comment: Chapter 4 titled “Pre- and Peri-Conception Pathways to Preeclampsia” is a new addition to Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy. The rationale for this chapter stems from the emerging evidence supporting the concept that the antecedents of preeclampsia may…
Editors ' comment: When Leon Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy was initially published in 1978 , as now, hypertension complicating pregnancy was a major cause of fetal and maternal morbidity and death. Most of this morbidity was and remains associated…