| Pregnancy and renal outcomes in lupus nephritis: an update, and guide to management. | |
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PMID: 22878255 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) commonly affects women of child bearing-age, and advances in treatment have resulted in an increasing number of women with renal involvement becoming pregnant. Knowledge of the relationship of the condition with respect to fertility and pregnancy is important for all clinicians involved in the care of women with lupus nephritis because they have complicated pregnancies. Presentation of lupus nephritis can range from mild asymptomatic proteinuria to rapidly progressive renal failure and may occur before, during, or after pregnancy. The timing of diagnosis may influence pregnancy outcome. Pregnancy may also affect the course of lupus nephritis. All pregnancies in women with lupus nephritis should be planned, preferably after more than six-months of quiescent disease. Predictors of poor obstetric outcome include active disease at conception or early pregnancy, baseline poor renal function with Creatinine >100 μmol/L, proteinuria >0.5 g/24 hours, presence of concurrent antiphospholipid syndrome and hypertension. In this review the most recent studies of pregnancies in women with lupus nephritis are discussed and a practical approach to managing women prepregnancy, during pregnancy and post-partum is described. |
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K Bramham; Mc Soh; C Nelson-Piercy |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-8-9 |
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Title: Lupus Volume: - ISSN: 1477-0962 ISO Abbreviation: Lupus Publication Date: 2012 Aug |
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Created Date: 2012-8-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9204265 Medline TA: Lupus Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Maternal and Fetal Research Unit, Division of Women's Health, King's College London, UK; and Women's Health Academic Centre King's Health Partners, UK. |
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