Urologic issues during pregnancy.
Pregnancy induces a variety of physiologic changes in the urinary tract. When such changes become accentuated the physiologic becomes the pathologic and symptoms arise, at times of significance enough to threaten the well being of mother and/or fetus. This article intends to describe the basis for urinary physiology and its pathologic counterparts during pregnancy. Such a background may then facilitate a rational management protocol for various urologic problems in the gravid state.
Weiss
Jeffrey P
JP
Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, USA. Urojock@aol.com
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*