Why the study?
Does continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis allow for successful pregnancy and delivery in a patient with advanced diabetic nephropathy and chronic renal failure?
Does continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis allow for successful pregnancy and delivery in a patient with advanced diabetic nephropathy and chronic renal failure?
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis can enable successful pregnancy and delivery in patients with advanced diabetic nephropathy and chronic renal failure.
May support CAPD feasibility in diabetic nephropathy pregnancies; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation.
In this article we describe the successful management of pregnancy and delivery in a 26-yr-old patient with advanced diabetic nephropathy and chronic renal failure. Targets for control of blood urea and hemoglobin were achieved with the aid of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Peritoneal dialysis did not interfere with normal recovery from cesarean section. With CAPD, successful pregnancy is now possible in this group of patients, among whom fetal loss would otherwise be high.
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