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BARORECEPTOR REFLEX FUNCTION IN PRE‐ECLAMPSIA
Author(s) -
Seligman S. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb00294.x
Subject(s) - baroreceptor , blood pressure , medicine , reflex , eclampsia , reflex bradycardia , cardiology , anesthesia , pregnancy , heart rate , biology , genetics
Summary In normotensive pregnancy control of the arterial pressure by the baroreceptor reflex is set at a high level of sensitivity. The baroreceptor reflex sensitivity is diminished in chronic hypertension both in the nonpregnant and pregnant. In pre‐eclampsia there is interference with baroreceptor function. This is implicated in the instability of the blood‐pressure in this condition and in the lower degree of fall of blood pressure during sleep. The loss of baroreceptor function is not due to the raised level of the blood pressure.