Changes in osmolality and blood serum ion concentrations in pregnancy |
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Authors: | E I Shakhmatova N A Osipova Yu V Natochin |
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Institution: | (1) Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Morisa Toreza 44, 194223 St. Petersburg, Russia;(2) St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/a, 199164 St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | Changes in osmolality and the concentration of cations (Na, K, Ca, Mg) were studied in blood serum of pregnant women from
two weeks after conception, throughout the whole pregnancy, and within the first week after delivery. Altogether 239 women
from 18 to 40 years of age were studied. Blood serum osmolality decreased from 287±0.8 to 278±1.6 mOsm/kg H2O from the fifth week of pregnancy and remained virtually at this level until the end of pregnancy. Hyponatremia was found
during the three trimesters of pregnancy, in trimesters II and III hypokalemia was not observed, whereas hypocalcemia and
hypomagnemia were found. On the first day after delivery, the blood serum osmolality and concentrations of magnesium ions
returned to their levels in nonpregnant women, whereas concentrations of sodium and calcium ions remained decreased. No correlation
was found between hypoosmia and changes in blood serum concentrations of ions under study during the three trimesters of pregnancy.
Thus, in normal pregnancy, hypoosmia develops from the fifth week after conception and persists until delivery. The concentrations
of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions are regulated by independent mechanisms to provide retention of these parameters
within certain periods of pregnancy at the level of nonpregnant women on the background of hypoosmia. |
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