Kidney Function in Pregnancy. II. Effect of Posture on Diuresis

Abstract
A series of water diuresis tests have been done on one normal subject throughout pregnancy in various positions. The output was found to be consistently better with the patient in the horizontal lateral position than in any of the others tried. These findings were checked by a single series of tests in 12 normal subjects who were in the last month of pregnancy. In this series the results were similar to the performance of the patient who was followed throughout pregnancy.