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Plasma volume expansion no help in preeclampsia.(Obstetrics)

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| April 01, 2005 | Finn, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

RENO, NEV. -- Plasma volume expansion, once thought of as a possible treatment for severe preeclampsia, appears to confer no benefit even after a 1-year follow-up, results of a randomized controlled trial suggest.

The trial, which compared plasma volume expansion with temporizing treatment, showed that there were no differences in pregnancy outcomes and no differences in mental or psychomotor scores of the children at 1 year of age, reported Wessel Ganzevoort, M.D., and colleagues of Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam.

The study involved 216 women with severe preeclampsia; hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome; or fetal growth restriction related to pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Gestational ages ranged between 24 and 33 weeks at the start of the study, the investigators wrote in a poster that was presented at the ...

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