HEMORHEOLOGY DURING PREGNANCY - INFLUENCES OF PARITY, LOW-SODIUM DIET, HYPERTENSION, FETAL GROWTH-RETARDATION AND PREMATURITY

Citation
Latm. Vanleest et al., HEMORHEOLOGY DURING PREGNANCY - INFLUENCES OF PARITY, LOW-SODIUM DIET, HYPERTENSION, FETAL GROWTH-RETARDATION AND PREMATURITY, Clinical hemorheology, 16(6), 1996, pp. 775-788
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
ISSN journal
02715198
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
775 - 788
Database
ISI
SICI code
0271-5198(1996)16:6<775:HDP-IO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Longitudinal physiologic changes in blood viscosity parameters were st udied in 9 women with uneventful pregnancies. After an initial decreas e in blood viscosity, an increase towards the end of pregnancy was fou nd. The oxygen-transport capacity remained quite constant during pregn ancy with a small rise at gestational week 32. A cross-sectional study was performed in 102 pregnant women at 28 weeks gestation. Chronic di etary sodium restriction did not influence blood viscosity significant ly. No significant relationships were found between hemorheologic para meters and parity, prematurity and fetal growth retardation. Higher bl ood viscosity was found in women who became hypertensive in pregnancy, even before the onset of the disease. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Sci ence Ltd.