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Outcome of Two Pregnancies in a Patient with Gitelman's Syndrome-A Case Report
1Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Renal Medicine, Brandywine Hospital, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
> Gitelman's syndrome is primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypocalciuria and magnesium deficiency. We present the prenatal course and outcome of two pregnancies in a patient with Gitelman's syndrome. The complication encountered was oligohydramnios. Close monitoring of serum magnesium and potassium, amniotic fluid volume, and fetal growth is required.
> Gitelman's syndrome is primary renal tubular hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypocalciuria and magnesium deficiency. We present the prenatal course and outcome of two pregnancies in a patient with Gitelman's syndrome. The complication encountered was oligohydramnios. Close monitoring of serum magnesium and potassium, amniotic fluid volume, and fetal growth is required.