Diana Dixon, MD has completed a randomized trial of post-epidural positioning on cardiac output and stroke volume in term pregnant women in labor. Helayne Silver, MD has developed a new method for measuring red cell mass and whole blood volume in pregnancy using non-radioactive isotopic chromium labelling of red cells. She is employing this method for the study of blood volume changes in mild and severe pre-eclampsia. Helayne Silver, MD is performing a study on the baroreceptor function in pre-eclampsia . Valsalva maneuver and deep breathing is used to stimulate baroreceptors.
Blood pressure is measured continuously with a new non-invasive monitor.
Jami Star, MD is studying platelet activation in diabetic and pre-eclamptic pregnancies. He will become President in February of 1996. Dr. Donald Coustan was re-appointed Chair of the Council on Diabetes in Pregnancy of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Donald Coustan was appointed Vice Chair of the Professional Section Advisory Panel of the American Diabetes Association.