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Renal Physiology of Pregnancy

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The term “physiologic” does not adequately describe the state of a woman during pregnancy. There are several shifts in biochemistry, psychology, and physiology. Every component of kidney physiology is modified by pregnancy. It is a physiological marvel that these alterations can be orchestrated. Significant volume expansion and vasodilation characterize kidney and systemic hemodynamics. Renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) rise by as much as 80% relative to pre-pregnancy values. Healthcare providers, to best serve their pregnant patients, need a thorough understanding of all how pregnancy changes their bodies [1–3].

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Basaksehir Çam and Sakura City Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye

    Fatih Palit

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  1. Department of Child Health and Diseases, Arel University, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Türkiye

    Özlem Naciye Şahin

  2. Pediatrics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Despina D. Briana

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Gian Carlo Di Renzo

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Palit, F. (2023). Renal Physiology of Pregnancy. In: Şahin, Ö.N., Briana, D.D., Di Renzo, G.C. (eds) Breastfeeding and Metabolic Programming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33278-4_9

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