title: Pregnancy tests with end-stage renal disease.
abstract: Tests to ascertain pregnancy status are often obtained during preoperative evaluation, especially when there is a history of uncertain pregnancy or suggestion of current pregnancy. A serum pregnancy test, a beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-HCG) level, was preoperatively obtained from a woman of childbearing age with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with an unreliable history of irregular menstruation coupled with unprotected sexual activity. The beta-HCG was elevated in the range indicating pregnancy. Further work-up showed that this hormonal elevation was secondary to ESRD without pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Fahy
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gouzd
authors.forename: Joseph N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Atallah
mesh_terms: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human