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To review the normal physiological and biochemical changes that occur in the maternal body during healthy pregnancy.

May 18, 2016Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaOpen Access

Physiological changes in pregnancy

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To review the normal physiological and biochemical changes that occur in the maternal body during healthy pregnancy.
Narrative review synthesizing evidence on maternal organ system adaptations, altered laboratory reference values, and gestational physiology.
Pregnancy drives systemic maternal physiological adaptations necessary to support fetal development and prepare for labor and delivery.
Maternal adjustments significantly alter baseline biochemical parameters and produce clinical signs that can mimic symptoms of underlying disease.

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Narrative review highlights maternal physiological adaptations during pregnancy, indicating the need to distinguish normal changes from disease pathology.

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Soma‐Pillay et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56ded75589c71d767d1d7 https://doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2016-021

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Narrative review highlights maternal physiological adaptations during pregnancy, indicating the need to distinguish normal changes from disease pathology.

Physiological changes in pregnancy

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