
Episode 43: Maternal Physiology with Mike Hofkamp
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Effects of Progesterone on the Nervous System
Pregnant patients are famous for having back pain and about forty nine percent of pregnant patients are going to have back pain term. This is largely due to the relaxin which is a hormone secret in pregnancy it alters the co the college and fibers the pelvic connective tissue now this is very adaptive because it allows the pelvis to expand and expel a fetus from the the pelvic outlet but it also has some i can consequences as well. endocrine uh... consequence is that the adrenal corel function you're going to have a hundred percent increase in plasma cortisol after the first trimester.
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