Pregnancy in women with renal disease. Part I: General principles

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 385-397

  Vidaeff, Alex C ^a   Yeomans, Edward R ^a   Ramin, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Pregnancy; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ACETATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDOSIS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANEMIA; ANURIA; BENEFICENCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONVULSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENICITY; TREMOR; UREMIA;

ANEMIA; CREATININE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEINURIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREMIA;

EID: 55449122431     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083837     Document Type: Review

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