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. 2021 Jun 2;18(2):109-114.
doi: 10.4274/tjod.galenos.2021.37336.

Antenatal follow-up, anesthesia management and perinatal outcomes in pregnancy with renal transplant

Ezgi Turgut  1 , Gözde İnan  2 , Dudu Berrin Günaydın  2 , Beyza Büyükgebiz  2 , Sibel Konca  1 , Deniz Karçaaltıncaba  1 , Merih Bayram  1
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Antenatal follow-up, anesthesia management and perinatal outcomes in pregnancy with renal transplant

Ezgi Turgut et al. Turk J Obstet Gynecol. .

Abstract

Objective: Due to the recent increase in the successful pregnancies after renal transplant, the number of renal transplant recipients having vaginal or cesarean delivery possibly associated with high maternal, fetal and/or neonatal risk requiring team approach increased. We aimed to evaluate antenatal follow-up, perinatal outcomes, and anesthesia management in pregnancies with renal transplantation and to compare them with the current literature.

Materials and methods: After ethics committee approval, renal transplant recipients who gave birth in our hospital between January 2010 and December 2019 were documented in this retrospective study. Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, antenatal follow-up, anesthesia management, and maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes were presented.

Results: A total of 20 pregnant women who underwent renal transplant were identified. The mean age of the parturients was 31±5 years. The median interval from transplantation to conception was 8.15±4.8 years. Antenatal mean serum creatinine level and proteinuria were 1.48±1.39 mg/dL and 1.397±1.316 mg/dL, respectively. No allograft rejection was recorded. Comorbidities including hypertension (n=12), preeclampsia (n=6), and preterm delivery (n=10) were noted. The median gestational age was 35±3 weeks and the median newborn weight was 2.520±832 gram. There was one abortion, two pregnancy terminations, and 17 deliveries (3 vaginal and 14 cesareans). Cesarean sections (11/14; 78.6%) were mostly performed under spinal block and general anesthesia was performed in three (21.4%) women. Epidural analgesia for vaginal delivery was recorded in one parturient.

Conclusion: Despite the presence of preterm delivery and comorbidities, antenatal/peripartum follow-up and analgesia/anesthesia management of renal transplant recipients revealed good perinatal outcomes.

Keywords: Anesthesia; cesarean/labor and delivery; general; renal transplantation; spinal; surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest.

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