
Episode 43: Maternal Physiology with Mike Hofkamp
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Effects of Pregnancy on Thyroid Function
creatinine during pregnancy should be lower than normal or lower than pre-pregnancy. The thyroid line is going to increase by fifty to seventy percent in a pregnant woman. Pregnant patients can have insulin resistance due to hormones secreted by the placenta and lactogen is the hormone that's mostly responsible for this.
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