From the Publisher
Hypertensive disorders remain one the major causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and death. It is also a leading cause of preterm birth now known to be a risk factor in remote cardiovascular disease. Despite this the hypertensive disorders remain marginally studied and management is often controversial. Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy, remains one of the beacons to guide this field, recognized for its uniqueness and utility. The Third Edition continues this tradition, focusing on prediction, prevention, and management for clinicians, and is an essential reference text for clinical and basic investigators alike. Differing from other texts devoted to preeclampsia, it covers the whole gamut of high blood pressure, and not just preeclampsia.
NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:
* New chapters focusing on recent discoveries in angiogenesis, auto-antibodies and other recent immunological findings, imaging in eclampsa, animal models - where considerable progress has emerged since the previous edition
* Extensive updates to chapters on epidemiology, etiological considerations, pathophysiology, prediction, prevention, and management
* Systematic reviews and metanalysis of trials regarding prediction and antihypertensive treatment
* Discussions on the emerging roles of metabolic syndrome and obesity and the increasing incidence of preeclampsia
* Epodemiological coverage of preeclampsia as a risk factor for future metabolic and cardiovascular disease that permits early intervention and life style changes
New England Journal of Medicine
This book is an authoritative compilation of knowledge in the area, with many references from the second half of the 1990s. It should certainly be in the library of every academic department.
Baha M. Sibai
This is an update of the first edition that was published in 1978. This second edition clarifies the pathophysiology of hypertensive diseases in pregnancy. The editors attempt to provide the most recent information on this research area, and give didactic advice for the care of pregnant women with hypertension. This is a multiauthored text, reflecting the enormous progress in the field. In my opinion, this books meets the editors' objectives. It is written for practicing physicians, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and obstetric investigators in the field of hypertension. All contributors participating in this edition are credible authorities in their field. The pathophysiology of hypertensive diseases in pregnancy is covered. Etiologic aspects, prevention, and management of preeclampsia are particularly well developed and help the reader understand the new concepts of the pathophysiological aspects of preeclampsia. This book is useful for investigators and physicians in the field of hypertension in pregnancy. It is a well-documented book and each chapter is written by an expert in that field. It replaces entirely the first edition since progress in the knowledge of hypertensive disease in pregnancy has been enormous.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Baha M. Sibai, MD (University of Tennessee at Memphis College of Medicine)
Description:This is an update of the first edition that was published in 1978. This second edition clarifies the pathophysiology of hypertensive diseases in pregnancy.
Purpose:The editors attempt to provide the most recent information on this research area, and give didactic advice for the care of pregnant women with hypertension. This is a multiauthored text, reflecting the enormous progress in the field. In my opinion, this books meets the editors' objectives.
Audience:It is written for practicing physicians, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and obstetric investigators in the field of hypertension. All contributors participating in this edition are credible authorities in their field.
Features:The pathophysiology of hypertensive diseases in pregnancy is covered. Etiologic aspects, prevention, and management of preeclampsia are particularly well developed and help the reader understand the new concepts of the pathophysiological aspects of preeclampsia.
Assessment:This book is useful for investigators and physicians in the field of hypertension in pregnancy. It is a well-documented book and each chapter is written by an expert in that field. It replaces entirely the first edition since progress in the knowledge of hypertensive disease in pregnancy has been enormous.
Reviews of the Second Edition:
"Preeclampsia remains a lethal enigma of pregnancy. Encompassing more than just hypertension, it can include abnormalities of platelet behavior and clotting mechanisms and of endothelial, hepatic, and renal function. The first edition of Leon Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy (1978) was a scholarly monograph, written by a scientist with a passionate interest in the condition. Since then, the number of maternal deaths from preeclampsia and eclampsia per million pregnancies has been halved in developed countries. Nevertheless, preeclampsia, together with eclampsia, remains one of the two most frequently cited causes of maternal death in the West.
The second edition is a multiauthored book. The three editors are researchers who have made a particular effort to achieve a degree of homogeneity in the presentation. The contents are divided into six main sections, each overseen by one of the three editors. Each chapter is also coauthored by one of the editors, which has resulted in coherence in the writing among chapters. Most of the chapters begin with a paragraph about how the topic was considered by Chesley that emphasizes the forward-looking and comprehensive nature of his interest...
This book is an authoritative compilation of knowledge in the area, with many references from the second half of the 1990s. It should certainly be in the library of every academic department."
--The New England Journal of Medicine
"This book is useful for investigators and physicians in the field of hypertension in pregnancy. It is a well-documented book and each chapter is written by an expert in the field. 4 stars!"
-- Doody
Booknews
This second edition of a pioneering, but now rare and out-of-print work on hypertension in pregnancy employs several chapter authors (19 in all) to approach the topics at hand, each chapter being coauthored by one of the three editors. The eponymous doctor's participation in this update of his work has been minimal; indeed, only one chapter of his original text, consisting of an historical overview, has been retained in the present volume. However, an editorial introduction to each chapter compares it to the coverage of the relevant material in the first edition. Among the topics addressed are cardiovascular adaptation to normal pregnancy, and the clinical spectrum, pathology, pathophysiology, etiology, prevention, and management of preeclampsia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
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