Review highlights pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health strategies for liver transplant recipients, indicating the importance of provider guidance.
Rates of liver transplantation (LT) are rising in young adults, including reproductive-aged females. While pregnancy outcomes are overall favorable, these pregnancies are higher risk and warrant careful planning and immunosuppression management. Transplant recipients value receiving reproductive health counseling from their transplant team, thus provider knowledge surrounding pre-conception through post-partum management is key to good outcomes. A key role for transplant team providers lies in pre-conception contraceptive counseling and safety to optimize pregnancy prevention for transplant recipients who do not desire conception. This review highlights the key clinical considerations with practical guidance for counseling and management of reproductive health in LT recipients.
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