Pregnancy during nephropathy
Cusi, D.; Taglietti, M.V.; Liccardo, A.
Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia Organo Ufficiale Della Societa Italiana di Nefrologia 20(5): 516-524
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0393-5590 PMID: 14634968 Document Number: 556728
We illustrate two cases of pregnancy complicated by previously onset chronic nephropathy. In spite of two completely different pathogenetic mechanisms for chronic renal insufficiency (IgA nephropathy in one case and vescico-ureteral reflux in the other), renal function at the beginning of the pregnancy was similar and only partially impaired. In either case the pregnancy lowered by 50% the residual glomerular filtration rate. Only minimum recovery was observed during several months of follow-up.