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Dietary sodium restriction during pregnancy; a historical review
E A Steegers1, T K Eskes, H W Jongsma
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
This article reviews the major milestones in obstetric research in the past 90 years, which have lead to the wide-spread use of salt restriction during pregnancy. Possibly the most ardent advocate of the view that salt plays a crucial role in eclampsia was De Snoo (1877-1949), a Dutch obstetrician. However, despite many enthusiastic clinical reports, no convincing evidence has ever been produced that salt restriction helps in the prevention of hypertension during pregnancy.