COTOVIO, Patrícia. The challenge of pregnancy after kidney Transplantation. []. , 32, 2, pp.143-148. ISSN 0872-0169.

Kidney transplantation restores the impairment in fertility of end-stage renal disease patients. The majority of pregnancies after renal transplantation are sucessful, although there are risks for the mother and for the fetus, related to graft function, rejection, hypertensive disturbances, infections, caesarian deliveries, as well as preterm and low birth weight babies. Immunosuppressive drugs and other medication have to be carefully reviewed before this period, and the timing of conception is also an issue of debate. In this article the author reviews the most recent practices in the medical follow-up of a renal transplanted pregnant woman.

: pregnancy; renal transplantation; risk factors.

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