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Published on: April 12, 2021
Pregnancy and the kidney transplant recipient
Madhusudan Vijayan1, Martha Pavlakis
1aRenal Division, Department of Medicine and Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's HospitalbRenal Division, Department of Medicine and Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Purpose Of Review:
The current article reviews the available literature on the incidence, complications, outcomes, and management of pregnancies in kidney transplant recipients.
Recent Findings:
Pregnancy can be a reasonable option for women with a kidney transplant. More than 4700 successful pregnancies have been reported after kidney transplantation. New data have emerged regarding the risk of allograft dysfunction following pregnancy. There is a lack of consensus on the optimal time for conception, immunosuppressive targets, the safety of allograft biopsy, and infection surveillance. Successful pregnancies have recently been reported in ABO-incompatible transplant recipients and recipients of combined heart-kidney transplants.
Summary:
The ideal contraceptive method, timing of conception, immunosuppressant protocol, infection surveillance, and the method of delivery should be individualized depending on the patient's age and medical conditions.
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