Effect of hemodialysis on uterine and umbilical artery Doppler flow velocity waveforms

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1994 May;170(5 Pt 1):1386-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70166-0.

Abstract

A case of a pregnant woman with membranous glomerulonephropathy requiring hemodialysis is described. During hemodialysis the patient underwent Doppler flow studies of the uterine and umbilical arteries. In spite of avoidance of hypotension and major fluid shifts, hemodialysis was accompanied by a significant increase in the systolic/diastolic ratio of the proximal uterine artery. There was no significant change in the umbilical artery systolic/diastolic ratio.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Female
  • Fetal Growth Retardation / etiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Obstetric Labor, Premature / etiology
  • Pre-Eclampsia / etiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology*
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Umbilical Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Umbilical Arteries / physiology*
  • Uterus / blood supply*