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6397760

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
This investigation is devoted to define monthly-qualified gestational reference intervals for plasma renin, aldosterone and cortisol as derived by transverse or longitudinal approaches. Reference intervals refer to 95% confidence interval, 90% tolerance interval, the 95% predictive interval, in addition to the mean plus or minus the standard error and standard deviation. By applying both methodological approaches it has been found that plasma renin and aldosterone exhibit a progressive gestational increase. By contrast, cortisol shows an initial increase and thereafter stays on the same values. Statistical analysis revealed the transversally--and longitudinally--derived reference intervals to be not statistically different. Because of such a similarity, laboratory medicine can interchangeably use both kinds of reference intervals for estimating the normality of plasma renin, aldosterone and cortisol values in a single case of pregnancy. This interchangeability of values leads to simplify the methodology for measuring plasma renin and aldosterone in pregnancy since it is not necessary to standardize the gestational nomograms for renin-sodium and/or aldosterone-sodium relationship. This is a real way to reduce the costs and to optimize the compliance in the monitoring of pregnancy.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0033-4979
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
245-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
[Parametric methods applied to the standardization of gestational reference intervals for blood renin activity, aldosterone and cortisol using the transversal and longitudinal approach].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract