Abstract

TOIRAC LAMARQUE, Abelardo  and  PASCUAL LOPEZ, Viviana. The kidney and the urinary excretory system in the pregnant woman. Basic considerations. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp. 357-383. ISSN 1029-3019.

The changes in the structure and function of the urinary system taking place during the reproductive process are outstanding and they guarantee the progressive normality of pregnancy. However, complications in the pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, besides the congenital or acquired disorders, can damage the life quality, and even life, of the mother-perinate binomial. In this literature review the authors described important aspects of the topic related to the embryology, anatomy, physiology, and the anatomical and physiologic modifications, the clinical and paraclinical examinations and diseases of the urinary tract. Likewise, the progress of pregnancy in the pregnant woman with nephropathy, the closed correlation of kidney with preeclampsia and eclampsia, and chronic non-communicable diseases of considerable repercussion on the pregnant woman (diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, S trait-S hemoglobinopathies and diseases of the collagen) were considered. Finally, some elements on the renal tumors in the pregnant women and the fundamental therapeutic means as hemodyalisis, kidney and pancreas transplant, and kidney transplant were briefly pointed out.

Keywords : pregnancy; kidney; excretory urinary system; renal diseases; maternity hospitals.

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