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This historical overview provides present day nurses with a broadened perspective of preeclampsia-eclampsia related to theories on disease causation, evolution of treatments, and refinement of disease classification.
- Historical evolution of ideas on eclampsia/preeclampsia: A ... - PubMed
Eclampsia (together with epilepsy) being the first disease...
- Historical evolution of ideas on eclampsia/preeclampsia: A ... - PubMed
What would a millennium later become known as “preeclampsia-eclampsia” was first described by Hippocrates around 400 BC, who stated that headache accompanied by heaviness and convulsions during pregnancy was considered bad. This was the earliest suggestion that there may a specific entity associated with an unhealthy pregnancy.
This article traces the condition from its origins—once thought to be a disease of the central nervous system, recognized by the occurrence of seizures (ie, eclampsia)—to the present time when preeclampsia is conceptualized primarily as a vascular disorder.
1 wrz 2017 · History and update in preeclampsia. •. Comprehension of pre-eclampsia is presented in 9 major historical stages (one of them being immunological comprehension). Abstract.
Eclampsia (together with epilepsy) being the first disease ever written down since the beginning of writings in mankind 5000 years ago, we will make a brief presentation of the different major steps in comprehension of Pre-eclampsia.
In ancient Greece, between the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, the Hippocratics subscribed to the theory of the four humors to describe the cause of illness and disease. They believed that the body was made up of four humors (£uids) that included blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
28 mar 2008 · Eclampsia is a puzzling hypertensive disorder affecting only women. Associated solely with pregnancy and childbirth, it is an epileptic form of convulsions that develops during the second half of pregnancy and disappears after conception.
