An estriol level is used to assess fetal well-being and maternal renal functioning - A pregnant patient with vaginal bleeding - early stages of pregnancy



- An estriol level is used to assess fetal well-being and maternal renal functioning as well as to monitor a pregnancy that’s complicated by diabetes.

- A pregnant patient with vaginal bleeding shouldn’t have a pelvic examination.

- In the early stages of pregnancy, the finding of glucose in the urine may be related to the increased shunting of glucose to the developing placenta, without a corresponding increase in the reabsorption capability of the kidneys.