Frequency and Outcomes of Pregnancy on Nocturnal Home Haemodialysis
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Cenk DEMIRCI, Meltem SEZİŞ, Gülay AŞCI, Aygül ÇELTİK, Pinar SEYMEN, Fatih KIRCELLI, Taskin COLAK, Ercan OK
TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 26, pp 35-40
DOI: 10.5262/tndt.2017.1001.06
Summary
OBJECTIVE: Pregnancy in women of reproductive age on dialysis is rare and has a poor outcome. Several studies published in the 1990s revealed pregnancy rates of 0.3 to 0.5 per 100 patient- years, but not all pregnancies resulted in live births.