Gynecologic and obstetric investigation
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To evaluate whether pregnant women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) adapt poorly to increases in renal blood flow. This can exacerbate renal function and impair perinatal outcome, as there is a major interplay between CKD and preeclampsia (PE). ⋯ Pregnancies with CKD have a high risk of obstetrical complications. The eGFR might serve for evaluating renal function during pregnancy. Angiogenic factors might be potential markers for a differential diagnosis between PE and worsening renal function.
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Gynecol. Obstet. Invest. · Jan 2012
Interview with Prof. Dr. Marleen Temmerman, new director of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research, assuming office on October 15, 2012. Interview by Thomas M. D'Hooghe.
In this interview with the editor of Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, Prof. Dr. Marleen Temmerman, the new director of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research (October 15, 2012), presents her vision on the role of WHO collaborating centers; the relationship between scientific research, guideline development, implementation, and policy; the need to prioritize family planning, and the need to improve perinatal and maternal health but also to address other global reproductive health problems like infertility, pelvic pain, dysfunctional bleeding, and sexually transmitted diseases, which deserve more attention from the WHO. She also addresses the challenge to increase funding for WHO sexual and reproductive health research.
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Gynecol. Obstet. Invest. · Jan 2012
Editorial Historical ArticleHuman reproduction program: the first partnership for health and development at the WHO.