pregnacy and transplantation

BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is a condition often superimposed to CKD. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with suspected superimposed preeclampsia, stratified according to the degree of their angiogenic imbalance, as assessed by the soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1)/placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional design, we studied 171 pregnancies in patients with CKD and with suspected superimposed preeclampsia, admitted to a teaching hospital...

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the perinatal outcomes of pregnancy with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and how to manage it during pregnancy. METHODS: to retrospectively analyse the clinical datas about the perinatal outcome and the obstetric management of the 16 cases of pregnancy with CML during the last 30 years in a single center. RESULTS: (1) management ang perinatal outcomes: among the 16 pregnancies nine ended with therapeutic abortion during the first or second trimester and no CML complications were observed...