What to Expect When Your Patient is Expecting: a kidney doctor’s perspective

This is part of Pod Three’s capstone project.

In today’s podcast, the team discusses a pregnant patient’s clinical course highlighting normal physiology of pregnancy, common issues you may encounter, and how you can tackle them.

Team:

Priya Yenebere

Christel Wekon-Kemeni

Priya John

Editing by:

Mo Ibrahim

Normal Physiology of Pregnancy

Visual Abstract: Physiological Changes in Pregnancy

Blog: (Zac’s blog)

Sources:

CJASN - “Obstetric nephrology: renal hemodynamic and metabolic physiology in normal pregnancy”

Chronic vs. Gestational Hypertension

Visual Abstract: Pregnancy and Hypertension

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Blog: (Priya and Anoushka’s blog)

Sources:

CDC - “High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy”

Obstetrics and Gynecology - “Hypertension in Pregnancy”

Circulation (AHA) - “Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy”

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease (ACKD) - “The Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy”

AHA - “Hypertension in Pregnancy”

Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

Visual Abstract: Preeclamptic Glomerular Injury

Blog: (Christina’s PEC blog)

Sources:

NIH - “About Preeclampsia and Eclampsia”

Preeclampsia Foundation - ‘What is preeclampsia?”

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth: “Epidemiological trends of maternal HTN disorders of pregnancy at the global, regional, and national levels: a population-based study”

BMJ - “Management of preeclampsia”