Department of Nephrology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Health Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Review Article
Extended Literature Review of Predicators of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Renal Transplant Recipients
Author(s): Hefsa Al Shamsi*
In patients with end-stage kidney disease, renal transplantation has
been found to significantly improve reproduction in women of
childbearing age (18-49 years). However, despite the significant
improvements in renal transplants and obstetric care, renal
transplant recipients are drastically more susceptible to
adverse maternal, fetal and allograft function outcomes in
comparison to their non-transplant counterparts.
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive, multi-system complication that
occurs in 2%-8% of all pregnancies and is a major cause of both
maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The
diagnosis of preeclampsia is defined by the new onset
hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation in a previously
normotensive pregnant woman with one of the following new onset
proteinuria, other evidence of maternal organ dysfunction,
including .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2472-1220.23.9.2.14
