Effect of pregnancy on renal function in patients with moderate-to-severe diabetic renal insufficiency
Effect of pregnancy on renal function in patients with moderate-to-severe diabetic renal insufficiency. L P Purdy , C E Hantsch , M E Molitch , B E Metzger , R L Phelps , S L Dooley and S H Hou Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA. Abstract OBJE...
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Published in | Diabetes care Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 1067 - 1074 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Alexandria, VA
American Diabetes Association
01.10.1996
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Summary: | Effect of pregnancy on renal function in patients with moderate-to-severe diabetic renal insufficiency.
L P Purdy ,
C E Hantsch ,
M E Molitch ,
B E Metzger ,
R L Phelps ,
S L Dooley and
S H Hou
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies of patients with diabetic nephropathy and mild renal impairment have suggested no determination
in renal function as a result of pregnancy. The objective of this study was to determine whether pregnancy may permanently
worsen renal function in women with diabetic nephropathy and moderate-to-severe renal insufficiency. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:
Eleven patients were identified with diabetic nephropathy and moderate-to-severe renal dysfunction (creatinine [Cr] > or =
124 mumol/l [1.4 mg/dl]) at pregnancy onset by retrospective chart review. Alterations in glomerular filtration rate were
estimated by using linear regression of the reciprocal of Cr over time. An equal number of nonpregnant premenopausal type
1 diabetic women with similar degrees of renal dysfunction served as a comparison group for nonpregnant rate of decline of
renal function and potential contributing factors. RESULTS: Mean serum Cr rose from 159 mumol/l (1.8 mg/dl) prepregnancy to
221 mumol/l (2.5 mg/dl) in the third trimester. Renal function was stable in 27%, showed transient worsening in pregnancy
in 27%, and demonstrated a permanent decline in 45%. Proteinuria increased in pregnancy in 79%. Exacerbation of hypertension
or preeclampsia occurred in 73%. Seven patients progressed to dialysis 6-57 months postpartum, with 71% (five of seven) of
these cases attributed to acceleration of disease during the pregnancy. Student's tests and repeated-measures analysis of
variance support a pregnancy-induced acceleration in the rate of decline of renal function. CONCLUSIONS: In this series, patients
with diabetic nephropathy and moderate-to-severe renal insufficiency were found to have a > 40% chance of accelerated progression
of their disease as a result of pregnancy. |
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ISSN: | 0149-5992 1935-5548 |
DOI: | 10.2337/diacare.19.10.1067 |