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SERIAL CHANGES IN RENAL HAEMODYNAMICS DURING NORMAL HUMAN PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00929.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 1, pages 1–9, January 1981
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How to Cite
Dunlop, W. (1981), SERIAL CHANGES IN RENAL HAEMODYNAMICS DURING NORMAL HUMAN PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 1–9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00929.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received May 16, 1980/Accepted June 23, 1980
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Summary
Effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were determined at constant intervals during and after the normal pregnancies in 25 healthy women. Compared with non-pregnant values, ERPF increased by 80 per cent during early pregnancy but fell significantly from this new level during the third trimester. GFR, however, remained at a level 50 per cent above the non-pregnant throughout pregnancy. Filtration fraction (GFR/ERPF) was significantly reduced during early pregnancy but rose to a value equivalent to the non-pregnant during the third trimester. Comparable data of previous workers are re-interpreted.