'European Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy', Rome, Italy
4 October 2011 - 4 October 2011
Italy
An event entitled 'European Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy' will take place from 5 to 7 October 2011 in Rome, Italy.
There are three distinct types of high blood pressure that can complicate pregnancy. One type, not pregnancy-related, is called chronic hypertension, and has minimal impact on a pregnancy if well controlled. The other is called pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). (The third type is merely a combination of the two.). Untreated, these conditions can affect the baby as well as the mother. For example, the same damaging effects to the blood vessels in the expectant mother can also damage the blood supply involved with placental exchange of oxygen and nutrition from mother to baby. This can age the placenta prematurely. Ironically, hypertension in the mother so blocks the normal nutritional exchange that the fetus has the opposite problem--hypotension (low blood pressure)--which can endanger the fetal kidneys, decreasing the amount of urine the unborn baby produces (the urine being the most significant portion of amniotic fluid).
The aim of the conference is to provide insights into the ongoing research in this domain. Some of the topics to be covered will include:
- placenta and fetal preeclampsia;
- predictions and preventions;
- diabetes and preeclampsia;
- diabetes and preeclampsia metabolic syndrome;
- cardiovascular function;
- nutrient and preeclampsia;
- maternal, fetal, neonatal critical care;
- long term outcomes;
- management and recommendations.For further information, please visit: http://www.alfaservice.com/EuroIHSSP.htm(opens in new window)
There are three distinct types of high blood pressure that can complicate pregnancy. One type, not pregnancy-related, is called chronic hypertension, and has minimal impact on a pregnancy if well controlled. The other is called pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). (The third type is merely a combination of the two.). Untreated, these conditions can affect the baby as well as the mother. For example, the same damaging effects to the blood vessels in the expectant mother can also damage the blood supply involved with placental exchange of oxygen and nutrition from mother to baby. This can age the placenta prematurely. Ironically, hypertension in the mother so blocks the normal nutritional exchange that the fetus has the opposite problem--hypotension (low blood pressure)--which can endanger the fetal kidneys, decreasing the amount of urine the unborn baby produces (the urine being the most significant portion of amniotic fluid).
The aim of the conference is to provide insights into the ongoing research in this domain. Some of the topics to be covered will include:
- placenta and fetal preeclampsia;
- predictions and preventions;
- diabetes and preeclampsia;
- diabetes and preeclampsia metabolic syndrome;
- cardiovascular function;
- nutrient and preeclampsia;
- maternal, fetal, neonatal critical care;
- long term outcomes;
- management and recommendations.For further information, please visit: http://www.alfaservice.com/EuroIHSSP.htm(opens in new window)