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Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2487-2488
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

Successful twin pregnancy in a patient on long-term haemodialysis

Chiz-Tzuang Chang, Mai-Szu Wu and Hong-Chiz Chien

Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Mai-Szu Wu, Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199, Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

Keywords: twin pregnancy; chronic haemodialysis



   Introduction
 
Pregnancies in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are uncommon, and a successful outcome is rare [1]. Pregnancy in uraemic patients puts the mother at risk of hypertension and fluid overload [2]. On the other hand, there is an increased risk for the fetus of neonatal mortality, prematurity, and small-for-gestational-age [3]. Twin pregnancies are regarded as high-risk pregnancies even in healthy women and must be even more risky in dialysed women. We report on a 30-year-old female on chronic haemodialysis for 7 years who conceived after induced ovulation and had a twin pregnancy.



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A 30-year-old female, . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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