摘要：PREGNANCY INVOLVES METABOLIC CHANGES WHICH OCCUR IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN A PROPERGROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FETUS. A SERIES OF PREEXISTING OR COINCIDENTMETABOLIC ALTERATIONS PREDISPOSE TO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS DURING THIS PARTICULARSTAGE IN A WOMAN`S LIFE. OBESITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME PREDISPOSE TOCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, GESTATIONAL DIABETES, IMPAIRED RENAL FUNCTION AND OTHEREVENTS THAT LEAD TO SEVERE OUTCOMES SUCH AS PREECLAMPSIA. IN THIS ARTICLE WEDISCUSS A FEW METABOLIC ASPECTS INVOLVED IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PREECLAMPSIA,ACCORDING TO OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE BUCHAREST EMERGENCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
