title: [Evaluation of the intrauterine fetus in hypertension--biochemical assessment of amniotic fluid. IV. Ions].
abstract: Sixty two samples of amniotic fluid, collected by ultrasound guided amniocentesis, were submitted to biochemical investigation including 31 samples from women with pregnancy complicated by hypertension (studied group) and 31 samples deriving from healthy pregnant women (control group with). Both investigated and control groups consisted of pregnant women with the same gestational age of 37 +/- 2 weeks (34-40 weeks). The following ions were measured: NH4+, K+, Na+, Cl-, Mg++, total Ca, Ca++ and inorganic phosphorus (Pi). The ionic composition of amniotic fluid deriving from women with pregnancy complicated by hypertension was normal. The regular concentration of NH4+ ions in amniotic fluids of a studied group may suggest kidneys of the fetuses in pregnancy complicated by hypertension were as mature as in the normal pregnancy within the same gestational age.
authors.affiliation: II Katedry i Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smolarczyk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wójcicka-Jagodzińska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romejko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piekarski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teliga-Czajkowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuczyńska-Sicińska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D007477:Ions; D007668:Kidney / Q000196:embryology; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008670:Metals; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds