title: Pregnancy in patients with kidney disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  - To what extent can ailing kidneys adapt their functions to the demands of pregnancy? - What risks is the nephropathic patient prone to throughout pregnancy compared with those of the general population, and which specific risks does her kidney disease determine? - What risks is the baby of a nephropathic prone to throughout pregnancy compared with those of the general population? - What changes have occurred over recent years?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current knowledge allows to conclude that pregnancy in the nephropathic woman can be started, provided that: - best timing is considered; - women are informed about their risk factors: functional levels and presence of hypertension, regardless of type of nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara; Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy. strattanefro@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stratta
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canavese
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quaglia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology