Pregnancy in patients with kidney disease.
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.
Stratta
Piero
P
University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara; Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy. strattanefro@hotmail.com
Canavese
Caterina
C
Quaglia
Marco
M
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