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Renal Physiology of Pregnancy

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The kidneys increase in length and volume, and physiologic hydronephrosis occurs in up to 80% of women, which is fundamental in caring for the pregnant patient.
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This article is published in Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease.The article was published on 2013-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 385 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pregnancy & Renal function.

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Parity predicts biological age acceleration in post-menopausal, but not pre-menopausal, women

TL;DR: The findings suggest a link between reproductive function and physiological Dysregulation, and allude to possible compensatory mechanisms that buffer the effects of reproductive function on physiological dysregulation during a woman’s reproductive lifespan.
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Gestational diabetes insipidus: Diagnosis and management.

TL;DR: Differentiating the subtypes of DI during pregnancy is critical in order to provide optimal management of DI in pregnancy and avoid dehydration and hypernatremia in this vulnerable population.
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The Changing Landscape of Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy from an Obstetrics Perspective.

TL;DR: The factors that have contributed to the changing epidemiology of PR-AKI are scrutinized and challenges in the diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury (AKI) in pregnancy from an obstetrics perspective are discussed.
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Sexual Dimorphism in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

TL;DR: Sex and gender-based differences in the metabolism of drugs exist at various levels and it may be due to the genomic and non-genomic action of sex hormones.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Management in Pregnancy

TL;DR: The addition of 81mg/d of aspirin at the end of the first trimester to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and the immunosuppressive azathioprine, tacrolimus and cyclosporine are compatible with pregnancy and lactation, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)/mycophenolic acid are not.
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The classification and diagnosis of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: statement from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP)

TL;DR: The classification and diagnosis of the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Statement from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP), Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. ix-xiv as mentioned in this paper.

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TL;DR: Much of the review will, of necessity, focus on general principles of critical care, extrapolating where possible to obstetric critical care.
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Temporal relationships between hormonal and hemodynamic changes in early human pregnancy.

TL;DR: Peripheral vasodilation occurs early in pregnancy prior to full placentation in association with renal vasodilated and activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, suggesting that ANP increases in response to changes in intravasular volume.
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Renal hemodynamics and tubular function in normal human pregnancy

TL;DR: This paper attempts to describe the changes that occur during human pregnancy in renal hemodynamics and in certain aspects of tubular function, particularly the handling of uric acid and glucose.
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Serial changes in renal haemodynamics during normal human pregnancy

TL;DR: Effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and GFR/ERPF was significantly reduced during early pregnancy but rose to a value equivalent to the non‐pregnant during the third trimester.
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