[Toxaemia of pregnancy and the optic fundus (author's transl)].
Toxaemia of pregnancy in its various forms is the most dangerous complication of pregnancy. It threatens the life of the mother in up to 30 percent of cases, and of the infant in up to 50 percent of cases. The task of systematic medical examination and advice during pregnancy is the earliest possible diagnosis and treatment of symptoms of toxaemia. Generalised vascular spasms are at least in part responsible for the precipitation of toxaemia. Measurement of the vascular diameter in the retina which shows narrow vessels and tendency to spasms is a large advance in the ophthalmological diagnosis of a developing toxaemia of pregnancy.
D005132:Eye Manifestations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology
EPH-Gestose und Augenhintergrunnd.