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GERD --> stomach pushed up, rotated 45 degrees to the right, LES relaxes
Constipation 2/2 decreased peristalsis and intestinal transit
Biliary stasis,higher cholesterol content in bile secretion, hypomotility
increased gallbladder dz
GI
Renal/Endocrine
GFR increases 50%
o avg proteinuria ~ 200mg
Thyroid follicular hyperplasia (increase by 50-70%), estrogen raises
TBGincrease total T3/T4 by 50%
Exaggerated starvation ketosis, insulin resistant
Increase in corticosteroid binding globulin by 100% by 2 nd trimester to 200%
by third trimester
Neuro
MAC , (50% at term)
sensitivity to local anesthetics