Chronic kidney disease in pregnancy

BMJ. 2008 Jan 26;336(7637):211-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.652986.BE.

Abstract

Pregnant women with chronic renal disease adapt poorly to a gestational increase in renal blood flow. This may accelerate their decline in renal function and lead to a poor pregnancy outcome

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic* / physiopathology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic* / therapy
  • Postnatal Care / methods
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications* / therapy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Prenatal Care / methods