TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY AS SEEN BY AN INTERNIST: AN ANALYSIS OF 1,081 PATIENTS
Authors: F A FINNERTY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 February 1956TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY AS SEEN BY AN INTERNIST: AN ANALYSIS OF 1,081 PATIENTSFRANK A. FINNERTY JR., M.D.FRANK A. FINNERTY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-2-358 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn July, 1952, in conjunction with the Obstetric Department, a toxemia clinic was instituted at the District of Columbia General Hospital. A previous report,1 analyzing the first 303 patients, suggested:1. Differentiation between toxemia of pregnancy and hypertensive vascular disease was apparent by examination of the retina. Regardless of age, blood pressure level, or degree of edema or albuminuria, if a generalized retinal sheen was present (a wet, glistening appearance of the entire retinae), and the retinal arteries were normal, true toxemia existed. 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C.*Received for publication August 24, 1955.From the Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the Georgetown University Medical Division and Georgetown and George Washington University Obstetrical Divisions, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, D. C.†This investigation was supported by research grants from The Washington Heart Association, Washington, D. C.; Irwin, Neisler & Company, Decatur, Illinois; Ciba Pharmaceutic Products, Incorporated, Summit, New Jersey; and Riker Laboratories, Incorporated, Los Angeles, California.‡This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association. 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