title: Successful pregnancy in a 31-year-old peritoneal dialysis patient with bilateral nephrectomy.
abstract: Frequency of pregnancy among childbearing age women with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing long-term periodic dialysis ranges from 1% to 7%. Although pregnancy in dialysis women with ESRD is considered a largely high-risk pregnancy, occurrence of successful pregnancy is not impossible with success rates approaching 70%. Rates of successful pregnancy are greatly impacted by early pregnancy diagnosis and preserved residual renal functions. Herein, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of successful pregnancy (despite late diagnosis at 14 weeks of gestation) in a 31-year-old peritoneal dialysis patient with bilateral nephrectomy and no whatsoever preserved residual renal function. Moreover, a literature review on pregnancy in dialysis patients is presented.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Zaid
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nazer
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alomar
authors.forename: Ismail A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Al-Badawi