Pregnancy in Chronic Kidney Disease: Need for Higher Awareness. A Pragmatic Review Focused on What Could Be Improved in the Different CKD Stages and Phases

Pregnancy in Chronic Kidney Disease: Need for Higher Awareness. A Pragmatic Review Focused on What Could Be Improved in the Different CKD Stages and Phases

Pregnancy is possible in all phases of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but its management may be difficult and the outcomes are not the same as in the overall population. The prevalence of CKD in pregnancy is estimated at about 3%, as high as that of pre-eclampsia (PE), a better-acknowledged risk for...

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Main Authors: Giorgina B. Piccoli, Elena Zakharova, Rossella Attini, Margarita Ibarra Hernandez, Alejandra Orozco Guillien, Mona Alrukhaimi, Zhi-Hong Liu, Gloria Ashuntantang, Bianca Covella, Gianfranca Cabiddu, Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Adeera Levin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
chronic kidney disease (CKD), dialysis
kidney transplantation
pregnancy
pregnancy complications
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/7/11/415

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