Successful pregnancy in a chronically hemodialyzed patient with end-stage renal failure.
A 36 year-old female with chronic kidney failure due to hypertension and who was being treated with hemodialysis for eight months, was admitted to the hospital on the suspicion of being pregnant. Gynecological examination and ultrasound scan confirmed the pregnancy. Gestation was diagnosed in the 29(th) week after the patient felt fetal movements. Intensification of the dialysis treatment was started immediately after the diagnosis was made.
Orlowska-Kowalik
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Nephrology Department of Medical University, Jaczewskiego Street 8, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Malecka-Massalska
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