SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCIES IN WOMEN TREATED BY DIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

Abstract

The Registry of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association collected information on 120 successful pregnancies in women treated by dialysis and transplantation in 19 countries. Ninety-seven women with transplants gave birth to 110 babies including five multiple pregnancies. The incidence of severe congenital malformation in these children was not substantially increased. There was evidence of damage to the transplant occurring either during or after pregnancy in 22 of the mothers. Sixteen successful pregnancies occurred in women on dialysis, all of whom had some residual renal function.