
Episode 43: Maternal Physiology with Mike Hofkamp
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Effects of Epidural Allergies on Gastric Function During Pregnancy
The polymorph morpho nuclear leukocyte activity is going to be reduced during pregnancy. The progesterone will slow the esophageal peristalsis intestinal transit during pregnancy that's why a lot of pregnant patients are both constipated and have really bad heartburnreally miserable combination if you ask meYeah, i think in general we want to be cautious in and outside of pregnant patients with putting too much emphasis on just elevated white camp but there's a very good reason why during labor a woman may have an isolated rise in her white camp yes uh... another interesting tidbit is that the liver size morphology blood flow is unchanged during pregnancies.
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