Pregnancy in Women With Preexisting Glomerular Diseases : A Single-Center Experience

Copyright © 2022 Marinaki, Tsiakas, Skalioti, Kapsia, Lionaki, Vallianou and Boletis..

AIM: Women with glomerular diseases are often of childbearing age. Besides lupus nephritis, data regarding pregnancy in patients with glomerular diseases are limited, posing a challenging task to attending nephrologists. This study aimed to investigate the pregnancy outcomes and the impact on the underlying glomerular disease among women followed in our institution.

METHODS: A single-center retrospective cohort study of women with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases who experienced pregnancy between 2010 and 2020. We analyzed data before, during, and after gestation.

RESULTS: A total of 22 women, 13 women with primary and 9 women with secondary glomerular diseases, were included in this study. Most patients (82%) had received immunosuppressive treatment at various times before pregnancy. All the women were in remission, either complete (62%) or partial (38%), with well-preserved renal function (82%) before conception. A total of 30 live births and 1 stillbirth were recorded; the rate of preterm delivery was 23%. Renal function and proteinuria remained stable during pregnancy. Preeclampsia was observed in 6.7% of patients and disease relapse in 6.9% of the pregnancies.

CONCLUSION: Pregnancy was associated with a low frequency of adverse events in women with underlying glomerular diseases, provided they have quiescent disease and preserved renal function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in medicine - 9(2022) vom: 26., Seite 801144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marinaki, Smaragdi [VerfasserIn]
Tsiakas, Stathis [VerfasserIn]
Skalioti, Chrysanthi [VerfasserIn]
Kapsia, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Lionaki, Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Vallianou, Kalliopi [VerfasserIn]
Boletis, John [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fetal
Glomerular diseases
Journal Article
Lupus nephritis
Maternal
Outcomes
Pregnancy
Relapse

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Date Revised 02.05.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmed.2022.801144

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337688648