An Alternative Approach to Delivering Intensive Dialysis in Pregnancy. Issue 5 (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ross, Louise E.; Swift, Pauline A.; Newbold, Sandra M.; Bramham, Kate; Hurley, Anne; Gallagher, Hugh
• Is Part Of: Peritoneal dialysis international. Volume 36:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 577
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: CAPD -- dialysis dose -- hemodialysis -- peritoneal dialysis -- pregnancy; Peritoneal dialysis -- Periodicals; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis -- Periodicals; 617.461059
• DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2016.00051
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0896-8608

Abstract

Pregnancy outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis are improving. Recent literature supports intensive hemodialysis (HD) as the modality of choice during pregnancy in ESRD. We report the successful delivery of a healthy infant at full term in a patient with ESRD by supplementing peritoneal dialysis (PD) with intermittent HD to achieve adequate dialysis intensity.