[Peritoneal dialysis in obstetric patients].

Introduction: The prevalence of acute renal failure (ARF) in obstetric patients in our country is estimated to be between 3 and 42.8%. The most important causes are preeclampsia, especially when associated with thrombotic microangiopathy and hemolysis and less frequently to hemorrhagic shock.

[Presence of equinocyte in the preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome. Is this a subclinical manifestation of the syndrome?].

Objective: To determine the relationship between erythrocyte deformations and preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome before presentation of the triad high blood pressure-edema-proteinuria.

Material And Methods: Aleatory study. A total of 308 patients were studied without evidence of preeclampsia, with negative erythrocyte deformation smear, between 12 and 18 weeks of pregnancy.