title: Pregnancy in dialysis patients: a case series.
abstract: Fertility is markedly reduced in patients with chronic renal failure. For women with pre-existing renal disease, pregnancy is associated with an increased rate of fetal complications and a considerable risk of renal disease progression. Due to substantial improvements in antenatal and neonatal care, fetal outcome has improved considerably in the last two decade.A Saudi survey which examined the frequency of pregnancy among women in end stage renal disease (ESRD) and undergoing regular hemodialysis (HD), showed an incidence of 7% over a five year period (1.4 per year). This may reflect the cultural endorsement of having offspring.We hereby report 2 cases of successful pregnancy managed at the Prince Salman Center for Kidney Diseases (PSCKD).
authors.affiliation: Prince Salman Center for Kidney Diseases, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. khalid_aln@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Khalid A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Al-Saran
authors.forename: Alaa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sabry