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Editorial
. 2025 May 13;10(7):2100-2102.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.05.008. eCollection 2025 Jul.

Dialysis During Pregnancy: Are We Any Closer to Clarity?

Priti Meena  1 , Andrea Kattah  2
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Editorial

Dialysis During Pregnancy: Are We Any Closer to Clarity?

Priti Meena et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Barriers to successful pregnancy in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). They may have difficulties conceiving because of diminished ovarian reserve, elevated prolactin, and menstrual irregularities. Women with advanced CKD may require dialysis initiation to maintain lower blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels, though there is significant geographic variability in indications for dialysis in pregnancy and dialysis prescriptions. If kidney function declines and patient requires a transplant, pregnancy complications can still occur and careful monitoring is needed. AKI, acute kidney injury; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; HTN, hypertension; LH, luteinizing hormone; MBD, mineral bone disease; RKF residual kidney function.
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Comment on

  • A Long-Term Analysis of Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients in an Indian Cohort.
    Bhargava V, Meena P, Kute V, Gopalkrishnan N, Rahman S, Raju SB, Ray DS, Guleria S, Shingare A, Abraham A, Pathak V, Sahay M, Fernando E, Khullar D, Bahadur MM, Muthukumaran A, Shah N, Gupta A, Malik M, Gupta A, Tiwari V, Bhalla A, Rana DS, Govindaraju S. Bhargava V, et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2025 Apr 3;10(6):2041-2044. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.03.046. eCollection 2025 Jun. Kidney Int Rep. 2025. PMID: 40630273 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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