
Episode 43: Maternal Physiology with Mike Hofkamp
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Effects of Hormonal Changes on Sleep Quality
Pregnancy associate sleep disorder is a real diagnosis it's based on hormonal and mechanical factors. This is mostly due to progesterone which has a sedating effect and interestingly enough sleep quality is worsened in the first and third trimesters. pregnancy is associated with transient restless leg syndrome so patients can get restless leg syndrome that appears only during pregnancy. The perpium the met in ventilation will increase by seventy to a hundred forty percent the first stage of labor and it'll increase after delivery.
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