Antenatal plasma exchange therapy.
A 22-year-old primigravida with severe mesangiocapillary gomerulonephritis presented at 10 weeks gestation for antenatal care. Delivery of a small health infant was achieved by caesarean section at term. The successful outcome of this pregnancy was attributed to the careful control of anaemia, oedema, and hypertension; and to the use of plasma-exchange therapy throughout the third trimester. The value of plasma exchange therapy in pregnancies which are complicated by renal disease is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000172:deficiency; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012306:Risk; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D003165:Complement System Proteins