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THE EFFECT OF REST AND AMBULATION ON PLASMA UREA AND URATE LEVELS IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PROTEINURIC HYPERTENSION
Author(s) -
Mathews D. D,
Agarwal Vasantika,
Shuttleworth T. P
Publication year - 1980
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.1471-0528.1980.tb04479.x
Subject(s) - urea , bed rest , medicine , rest (music) , endocrinology , renal function , uric acid , pregnancy , fetus , plasma concentration , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , genetics
Summary Plasma urea and urate concentrations were determined daily for up to seven days in 40 pregnant women who had been admitted to hospital because of proteinuric hypertension and who were then allocated at random to either complete rest in bed or to being allowed to move freely in the ward. Neither management was superior to the other in improving renal function. The prognostic significance of plasma urea and urate concentrations to maternal and fetal outcome was confirmed.