[Data on renal hemodynamics in uncomplicated pregnancy based on Doppler ultrasonography]

The authors analyze the results of Doppler scanning studies of renal and intrarenal hemodynamics carried out in 69 women with normal pregnancy of 6 to 41 weeks and 8 healthy nonpregnant women, examined during the first phase of the cycle. Specific features of renal hemodynamics over the course of normal pregnancy were analyzed, as was the relationship of these hemodynamic changes and the status of the mother-placenta-fetus system. The authors come to a conclusion that Doppler scanning holds good promise for studies of the renal and intrarenal blood flow.