Physiological adaptations of pregnancy (cardiovascular, haematological, respiratory)
Core concept
- The organising principle: a volume-loaded, vasodilated, hypercoagulable, alkalotic state
- Progesterone -> systemic vasodilatation; relaxin -> renal vasodilatation
- -> dec SVR -> underfilling -> RAAS activation -> Na and water retention -> plasma volume expansion
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