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INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE INFLUENCE OF POSTURE ON RENAL PLASMA FLOW AND GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE DURING LATE PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Dunlop W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00724.x
Subject(s) - supine position , renal function , effective renal plasma flow , pregnancy , renal blood flow , sitting , medicine , filtration fraction , urology , filtration (mathematics) , endocrinology , mathematics , biology , pathology , genetics , statistics
Summary Renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rate were investigated in three positions (supine, left lateral and sitting) in a group of eighteen healthy women during late pregnancy and again after the puerperium. No difference in renal function could be attributed to the position adopted. However, an unexplained decrease in both of the indices occurred during the course of prolonged infusion in any position.