[Pregnancy and kidney diseases]

Internist (Berl). 2011 Oct;52(10):1167-77. doi: 10.1007/s00108-011-2824-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in women of childbearing age reaches approximately 0.2%. Under physiological conditions pregnancy results in important hemodynamic changes on the maternal organism. In the case of chronic kidney disease these adaptations often are only partial. Physiological changes of immune response during pregnancy may contribute to the progress of renal disease. Regardless of the underlying kidney disease, one can assume that the better the glomerular filtration rate and blood pressure are the more favorable the course of pregnancy will be with the chance for a healthy child and stable renal function. To achieve this goal, a close interaction is required between gynecologist, nephrologist, and other specialists in a center with appropriate experience.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Diseases / epidemiology
  • Kidney Diseases / etiology
  • Kidney Diseases / therapy
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Kidney Function Tests
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy
  • Pregnancy, High-Risk
  • Reference Values