Tanweer Iqbal*, Ahmed Mahmoud Aborahma, Abdulhamid Kanaan, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Ahmed Zakaria Ali and Ali Mohammed Al-Lehbi

Ali Allehbi Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding Author: Tanweer Iqbal, Senior Consultant Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Ali Allehbi Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Received: June 23, 2022; Published: July 14, 2022

Abstract

Pregnancy is an uncommon event in women with End Stage Renal Disease who are on maintenance hemodialysis treatment. This case series conducted at Prince Naif Dialysis Centre, Security Forces Hospital and Lehbi medical Centre (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) was aimed to study the outcome of pregnancies among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on maintenance hemodialysis. The purpose of these cases was to share our experience in managing pregnant women’s who were on long term hemodialysis in our center from January 2014 to March 2022. Out of 5 cases, 4 of them had delivery of alive newborns and 1 had intrauterine death of the fetus. The average age of patients was 33.5 years. The average time from start of hemodialysis to become pregnant was 20 months. The average gestational age at diagnosis was 13.5 weeks. Modification in dialysis prescription was made in all patients from 3 times per week to six times per week. The average time at delivery was 35.4 weeks. The average weight of newborns was 2342 ± 458 gram. In conclusion successful pregnancy is possible in hemodialysis patients if managed with vigilance and with close follow up with multi-disciplinary team.

Keywords: Pregnancy; End-stage Renal Disease; Hemodialysis; Outcome

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Citation: Tanweer Iqbal., et al. “Outcome of Pregnancy in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients: Single Center Experience". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 3.8 (2022): 03-07.

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