24-hour creatinine clearance during the third trimester of normal pregnancy.
Serial changes in 24-hour creatinine clearance were determined in 10 healthy women during late pregnancy and after the puerperium. A decrease occurred in all subjects during the six weeks preceding delivery, so that mean values for the last three weeks of pregnancy did not differ from the non-pregnant mean. Possible reasons for this phenomenon and its clinical implications are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third
D003404:Creatinine