Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postpartum

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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is associated with various forms of thrombotic microangiopathy, including hemolytic uremic syndrome. A previous small French study suggested that pregnancy-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome was to be included in the spectrum of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome linked to complement alternative pathway dysregulation.

DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: We sought to retrospectively analyze the presentation, outcome, and frequency of complement alternative pathway gene variants in a larger international (France, United Kingdom, Italy) cohort of patients with pregnancy-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome.

RESULTS: Eighty-seven patients with pregnancy-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome were included. Hemolytic uremic syndrome occurred mainly during the first pregnancy (58%) and in the postpartum period (76%). At diagnosis, 56 (71%) patients required dialysis. Fifty-six (78%) patients underwent plasma exchanges, 21 (41%) received plasma infusions, and four (5%) received eculizumab. During follow-up (mean duration of 7.2 years), 41 (53%) patients reached ESRD, 15 (19%) had CKD, and 18 (28%) patients experienced hemolytic uremic syndrome relapse. Twenty-four patients (27%) received a kidney transplant and a recurrence of hemolytic uremic syndrome occurred in 13 (54%) patients. Variants in complement genes were detected in 49 (56%) patients, mainly in the CFH (30%) and CFI genes (9%).

CONCLUSIONS: Pregnancy-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome nonrelated to pregnancy have the same severity at onset and during follow-up and the same frequency of complement gene variants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 12(2017), 8 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 1237-1247

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bruel, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Kavanagh, David [VerfasserIn]
Noris, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Delmas, Yahsou [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Edwin K S [VerfasserIn]
Bresin, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Provôt, François [VerfasserIn]
Brocklebank, Vicky [VerfasserIn]
Mele, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Remuzzi, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Loirat, Chantal [VerfasserIn]
Frémeaux-Bacchi, Véronique [VerfasserIn]
Fakhouri, Fadi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80295-65-4
A3ULP0F556
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
CFH protein, human
CFI protein, human
Chemotactic factor inactivator
Complement
Complement Factor H
Complement Factor I
Complement Inactivating Agents
Complement Pathway, Alternative
EC 3.4.21.45
Eculizumab
Female
Follow-Up Studies
France
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Humans
Italy
Journal Article
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney transplantation
Multicenter Study
Plasma Exchange
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Recurrence
Renal dialysis
Retrospective Studies
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Thrombotic microangiopathy
United Kingdom

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.04.2018

Date Revised 15.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2215/CJN.00280117

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272759937