What to Expect When Your Patient is Expecting: a kidney doctor’s perspective

In today’s podcast, the team discusses a pregnant patient’s clinical course highlighting normal physiology of pregnancy, common issues you may encounter, and how you can tackle them.Team:Priya YenebereChristel Wekon-KemeniPriya JohnEditing by:Mo IbrahimNormal Physiology of PregnancyVisual Abstract: Physiological Changes in PregnancyBlog: (Zac’s blog)Sources:CJASN - “Obstetric nephrology: renal hemodynamic and metabolic physiology in normal pregnancy”Chronic vs. Gestational HypertensionVisual Abstract: Pregnancy and HypertensionBlog: (Priya and Anoushka’s blog)Sources:CDC - “High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy”Obstetrics and Gynecology - “Hypertension in Pregnancy”Circulation (AHA) - “Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy”Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease (ACKD) - “The Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy”AHA - “Hypertension in Pregnancy”Preeclampsia and EclampsiaVisual Abstract: Preeclamptic Glomerular InjuryBlog: (Christina’s PEC blog)Sources:NIH - “About Preeclampsia and Eclampsia”Preeclampsia Foundation - ‘What is preeclampsia?”BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth: “Epidemiological trends of maternal HTN disorders of pregnancy at the global, regional, and national levels: a population-based study”BMJ - “Management of preeclampsia”