Pregnancy After Organ Transplantation: A Report From the U.K. Transplant Pregnancy Registry
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- 27 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Transplantation
- Vol. 83 (10), 1301-1307
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0000263357.44975.d0
Abstract
Background. Maternal and fetal complications in pregnancies after renal transplantation have been highlighted in several reports, but information on their main predisposing factors is limited. The U.K. Transplant Pregnancy Registry was established in 1997 to obtain detailed information on pregnancies in female organ transplant recipients across the U.K. Methods. For each female kidney, liver, or cardiothoracic organ transplant recipient who had had a recent pregnancy, data on maternal and fetal factors and pregnancy outcomes were collected using forms completed by their transplant follow-up and obstetric units. For kidney transplant recipients, the factors that influence pregnancy outcome were studied using logistic regression, and the effect of pregnancy on graft function was analyzed. Results. There were live births in 83%, 69%, and 79% of pregnancies in cardiothoracic organ, liver, and kidney recipients, respectively. In 50% of live births from renal patients, delivery was preterm (150 μmol/L, a trend toward increased postpregnancy SCr was identified. Conclusions. Pregnancy is likely to end in a live birth in a majority of organ transplant recipients. In patients with greater prepregnancy SCr and/or drug-treated hypertension during pregnancy, however, subsequent renal function may be adversely affected.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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