Helayne M. Silver

TL;DR: A 2-hour infusion of the oxytocin antagonist atosiban resulted in a significantly greater decline in contraction frequency compared with controls, and Oxytocin appears to play a role in the maintenance of preterm uterine activity in the human.

TL;DR: Comparison of the efficacy and safety of atosiban with those of placebo maintenance therapy in women with preterm labor who achieved uterine quiescence with intravenous atosban showed that maintenance therapy with the oxytocin receptor antagonist atOSiban can prolong uterineQuiescence after successful treatment of an acute episode of preterm Labor.

TL;DR: Blood volume, by measurement of red blood cell and plasma volumes, is reduced and has altered distribution in preeclampsia but is normal in gestational hypertension.

TL;DR: The immediate benefit of improved blood pressure was confirmed and other findings deserve consideration for further study.

TL;DR: Levels of both analytes were greater in preeclampsia and activin A levels were great in gestational hypertension than in normotensive pregnancy, and these analytes may prove to be clinically useful laboratory markers for preeClampsia.