title: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis as the primary approach in the management of severe renal insufficiency in pregnancy.
abstract: Pregnancy is an unusual event in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis. The outcome in these cases is usually poor. We report a pregnancy complicated by severe renal insufficiency that was managed successfully by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Dialysis was initiated at 24 weeks' gestation. At 34 weeks, premature labor associated with peritonitis resulted in the spontaneous delivery of a healthy male infant weighing 2400 g. The use of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis during pregnancy offers theoretical advantages compared with hemodialysis. Our case, added to the available limited experience with this new modality, suggests that it may be an appropriate approach in women developing renal disease for the first time during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, B Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jakobi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ohel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szylman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paldi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*