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jgrumet
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brian and jamie
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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  04:00:13 AM  Show Profile  Visit jgrumet's Homepage  Send jgrumet an AOL message  Reply with Quote
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16330796


Can someone translate this into layman's terms for me?
Jamie (22)
Brian (26)
Aram 6/22/2008 born 33 weeks 5 days- HELLP class II

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kyliek
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Australia
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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  4:54:56 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I just read the abstract, but this is what I gathered.
Usually in pregnancy the blood volume is increased as is Aldosterone. They have found that in PE that blood volume does not seem to increase and the levels of aldosterone are low.
With those that have the mutation V386A this diminished level is due to a particular step in the reactions necessary to make aldosterone which means that the fluid part (not the cells) of the blood is decreased. Screening for this may identify an at risk group for developing PE, nothing stated in abstract suggests possible treatments.
Oliver James stillborn 23/06/09 25wks due to PE
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jgrumet
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brian and jamie
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Posted - 11/07/2009 :  02:33:05 AM  Show Profile  Visit jgrumet's Homepage  Send jgrumet an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Thanks! I couldn't tell if it was too much or too little aldosterone.

That's weird because I was taking an Aldosterone antagonist when i got pregnant- and for almost the whole month after.
Jamie (22)
Brian (26)
Aram 6/22/2008 born 33 weeks 5 days- HELLP class II

Adopting next baby 2010!
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heather
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Posted - 11/07/2009 :  09:42:40 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As I read it, they were looking at aldosterone as synthesized in the body naturally, so the study doesn't really address meds that affect aldosterone levels. I'm just making an educated guess on that, though!
Heather - mom to
DS #1 - 7/18/03, 37 weeks - Mild PE, 5lbs, 8oz, 4 days in NICU
DS #2 - 8/11/06, 36 1/2 weeks, 6lbs, 14oz!!! Induced for diagnostic BP. No NICU!
DD #3 - 9/10/09, high bp at 33 1/2 weeks, induced at 37 weeks, 5 pounds, 12 ounces - healthy girl!
"Thank God for the internet - otherwise my children would be raised in a med school library"
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