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renal disease in pregnancy

Complications: increased risk for - pre-eclampsia - acute renal failure - progression of chronic renal failure to end-stage renal disease - preterm delivery - gestational hypertension - intrauterine growth retardation - fetal loss, stillbirth [1] - kidney stones in 3rd trimester & 1st 3 months postpartum [2] - most stones are calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) Management: - renal transplant patients should wait at least 2 years after transplantation with a stable allograft & stable immunosuppression before attempting conception [1] - immunsuppressive agents mycophenolate & sirolimus are teratogenic & must be discontinued prior to attempting conception

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acute renal failure in pregnancy chronic renal failure in pregnancy

General

pregnancy disorder; obstetric disorder; pregnancy complication kidney disease; renal disease

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018
  2. Thongprayoon C, Vaughan LE, Chewcharat A et al. Risk of symptomatic kidney stones during and after pregnancy. Am J Kidney Dis 2021 Sep; 78:409. PMID: 33867205 PMCID: PMC8384636 (available on 2022-09-01) https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(21)00402-9/fulltext