A Pilot Study of Changes in Urinary Podocalyxin Levels during Normal Pregnancy and Labor.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-22-2022

Publication Title

Romanian journal of internal medicine = Revue roumaine de medecine interne

Abstract

Introduction. Increased urinary podocalyxin, a surrogate marker of podocyte detachment, has been shown in preeclampsia and eclampsia, but there is a paucity of data of the effect of normal pregnancy on its urinary excretion. We aimed to describe these changes in this pilot study. Methods. Urine podocalyxin levels were measured in 115 pregnant women. Of these, 12 women were in the second trimester of gestation, 57 in the third trimester and 46 women were in labor. Results. The median [IQR] urinary podocalyxin levels were 0.81 [0.27, 3.68], 0.92 [0.44, 5.49] and 64.7 [30.5, 106.3] ng/mg creatinine in the second trimester, third trimester, and during labor, respectively (pConclusion. Urinary podocalyxin levels were low in normal pregnancies and increased significantly during labor and with hematuria.

Volume

60

Issue

3

First Page

160

Last Page

165

DOI

10.2478/rjim-2022-0007

ISSN

2501-062X

PubMed ID

35522589

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